Table 5.

Correlations between mental distress and resilience as well as cognitive and behavioral strategies on the one hand and adherence to individual protective behaviors on the other.

	Physical Distancing		Wearing Masks in Public Spaces		Hand Hygiene
	rpb	p	rpb	p	rpb	p
Mental distress	−0.11	<0.001	−0.10	<0.005	−0.08	0.011
Resilience	−0.01	0.987	−0.01	0.816	0.02	0.562
SARS-CoV-2-specific reappraisal	0.17	<0.001	0.17	<0.001	0.16	<0.001
Maintaining a daily structure	0.15	<0.001	0.09	<0.005	0.15	<0.001
Social interaction	0.12	<0.001	0.06	0.055	0.15	<0.001
Frequency of information intake	0.24	<0.001	0.15	<0.001	0.19	<0.001

Note. r_pb = point-biserial correlation. We applied an α level of 0.005. Effect sizes r > 0.10 are small, r > 30 are medium, and r > 0.50 are large.