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Table 4.

Significance levels of Kendall-tau correlations between personality dimensions (conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness, energy and agreeableness) and adherence to mitigation measures and health guidelines

Guidelines	Conscientiousness	Openness	Energy	Agreeableness	Neuroticism
Avoidance
Limitation of physical contacts to household members only	0.004⁺	0.004⁺	0.331	0.652	0.554
Avoiding touching the face and mask with unwashed hands	0.007⁺	<0.001⁺	0.006⁺	0.031⁺	0.025⁺
Avoiding unnecessary contact with surfaces (handles, fences) outside of home	<0.001⁺	0.122	0.453	0.071	0.131
Keeping a safe interpersonal distance	<0.001⁺	0.004⁺	0.037⁺	0.027⁺	0.273
Respecting the set shopping hour restrictions	0.057	0.372	0.091	0.552	0.149
Avoidance of enclosed spaces outside of home	0.051	0.100	0.613	0.376	0.486
Use of alternative (online) shopping methods	0.496	0.002	0.235	0.902	0.850
Emptying the mailbox a day or two after receipt	0.080	0.822	0.993	0.889	0.949
Having shopping done by a less vulnerable person	0.198	0.494	0.006⁻	0.251	0.078
Hygiene
Regular and thorough hand washing/disinfection	0.011+	<0.001⁺	0.002+	0.013⁺	0.032⁺
Adherence to the rules of cough hygiene	0.568	0.017⁺	0.127	0.004⁺	0.048⁺
Regular replacement of disposable masks and/or regular disinfection of reusable masks	0.161	0.821	0.882	0.932	0.831
Regular replacement of disposable gloves and/or regular disinfection of reusable gloves	0.019⁺	0.898	0.779	0.482	0.548
Regular indoor ventilation	0.152	0.100	<0.001⁺	0.125	0.365
Discarding potentially infected objects (handkerchiefs, masks, gloves) into a special container	0.040⁺	0.031⁺	0.274	0.018⁺	0.002⁺
Disinfection of surfaces (handles, switches, counters) at home	0.008⁺	0.122	0.001⁺	0.228	0.490
Disinfection of areas in the house, shared by several households	0.001⁺	0.060	0.336	0.789	0.353
Wiping/disinfection of packaging from the store	<0.001⁺	0.007⁺	0.302	0.089	0.451
Separate use of clothing at home and outside	0.003⁺	0.312	0.848	0.134	0.957
Mask/gloves
Use of a protective mask in enclosed spaces outside of home	0.011⁺	0.601	0.960	0.385	0.754
Use of gloves in enclosed spaces outside of home	0.002⁺	0.493	0.201	0.459	0.995
Use of a protective mask outdoors	0.033⁺	0.843	0.884	0.233	0.523
Use of a scarf/shawl (instead of a protective mask) in enclosed spaces outside of home	0.026⁻	0.534	0.456	0.197	0.443
Use of a scarf/shawl (instead of a protective mask) outdoors	0.717	0.773	0.815	0.398	0.862
Use of gloves outdoors	0.392	0.423	0.655	0.189	0.989

Note. Direction of significant relationship is marked as: ⁺positive correlations, ⁻negative correlations