Table 4.

Statistics of sodisphobia scale items

Items	Mean	S.D	Skew	Kurt
M1. When I go outside, my heart beats faster when the distance between me, and someone is less than one meter	2.38	1.28	0.54	− 0.79
M2. When I go out, I get excited when the distance between me, and someone is less than a meter	2.38	1.25	0.57	− 0.69
M3. When I go out, and approach a person less than a meter away, my stomach hurts	1.74	1.11	1.43	1.09
M4. When I go out, and get less than a meter away from a person, my chest narrows	1.93	1.19	1.19	0.45
M5. When I go out, and someone I don't know coughs less than a meter away, I'm afraid I'll catch a virus	3.66	1.29	− 0.61	− 0.76
M6. When I go out, I worry about trying to keep my social distance with other people	3.03	1.36	0.01	− 1.18
M7. The thought of keeping social distance with other people when I go out stresses me out	2.74	1.37	0.07	− 1.17
M8. The thought of trying to maintain social distance with other people makes me uneasy	2.64	1.41	0.35	− 1.17
M9. Trying to keep my social distance when I enter crowded environments worries me	2.82	1.37	0.17	− 1.16
M10. When I go out, I immediately worry when the distance between me, and someone is less than a meter	2.89	1.34	0.12	− 1.14
M11. When I go out, I get scared when the social distance between me, and someone is less than one meter	2.88	1.38	0.16	− 1.21
M12. When I go out, I get worried when someone passes me very close (less than one meter)	2.91	1.31	0.14	− 1.06
M13. When I go out, I take care to keep my distance so as not to approach a person less than one meter	4.05	1.19	− 1.11	0.18
M14. When I go out, I make an effort to keep my social distance with other people	4.11	1.12	− 1.12	0.35
M15. In my daily life, I do not have physical contact (shaking hands, hugging) with people other than my family	4.03	1.21	− 1.04	0.02
M16. I avoid meeting my friends in closed areas to maintain social distance	3.75	1.27	− 0.71	− 0.56
M17. I do not accept guests in my house to maintain social distance	3.58	1.29	− 0.48	− 0.88