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. 2021 Oct 19;16(10):e0258606. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258606

Table 2. Descriptive statistics and intercorrelations between the variables.

Variable (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
Age (1) - 0.28*** -0.02 0.21*** -0.17*** 0 0.13** 0.09 0.20*** 0.23*** -0.18*** -0.05 -0.05 -0.04 0.08
Perceived vulnerability (2) - 0.26*** 0.35*** 0.18*** 0.17*** -0.04 0.11* 0.02 0.03 0.09 -0.05 0.23*** -0.03 -0.16**
Perceived severity (3) - 0.37*** 0.33*** 0.44*** -0.23*** 0.13* 0.03 -0.10* 0.15** -0.05 0.54*** -0.09 -0.39***
Fear of COVID-19 (4) - 0.05 0.22*** 0.09 0.18*** 0.09 0.06 0.22*** -0.22*** 0.42*** 0.23*** 0.04
Perceived self-efficacy (5) - 0.40*** -0.46*** -0.01 -0.03 -0.17*** -0.04 0.11* 0.40*** -0.05 -0.26***
Perceived response-efficacy (6) - -0.36*** 0.19*** 0.01 -0.12* 0.08 0.05 0.55*** -0.11* -0.21***
Perceived costs (7) - 0.14** 0.08 0.36*** 0.02 -0.09 -0.21*** 0.21*** 0.40***
Agreeableness (8) - 0.24*** 0.29*** 0.02 0.11* 0.24*** 0.07 0.00
Conscientiousness (9) - 0.23*** -0.19*** 0.10* 0.10* 0.10 0.11*
Extraversion (10) - -0.3*** 0.17*** -0.05 0.10* 0.21***
Neuroticism (11) - 0.12* 0.14** -0.04 0.05
Intellect (12) - 0.11* -0.06 -0.05
Preventive behavior (13) - 0.10 -0.20***
Avoidant behavior (14) - 0.44***
Wishful thinking (15) -
M 31.36 2.82 5.12 1.99 5.09 5.12 3.6 3.55 3.23 2.76 2.82 3.81 5.05 3.43 3.09
SD 11.58 1.55 1.28 0.73 1.29 1.19 1.36 0.72 0.89 1.05 0.86 0.66 1.2 1.46 1.3

*p < 0.05

**p < 0.01

***p < 0.001 (two-tailed). N = 397.