Table 3. Multiple linear regression.
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preventive behavior | Avoidant behavior | Wishful thinking | ||||
| β | p-value | β | p-value | β | p-value | |
| Models A | ||||||
| Perceived vulnerability | -.013 | .749 | -.097 | .064 | -.130 | .006 |
| Perceived severity | .259 | < .001 | -.135 | .021 | -.367 | < .001 |
| Fear of COVID-19 | .242 | < .001 | .310 | < .001 | .185 | < .001 |
| Perceived self-efficacy | .198 | < .001 | .101 | .081 | -.001 | .989 |
| Perceived response-efficacy | .320 | < .001 | -.081 | .161 | .048 | .356 |
| Perceived costs | .038 | .377 | .162 | .005 | .314 | < .001 |
| R 2 | 0.48 | 0.12 | 0.29 | |||
| Models B | ||||||
| Agreeableness | .242 | < .001 | .029 | .587 | -.078 | .139 |
| Conscientiousness | .080 | .116 | .088 | .098 | .088 | .093 |
| Extraversion | -.121 | .024 | .109 | .052 | .231 | < .001 |
| Neuroticism | .122 | .018 | .073 | .172 | .029 | .584 |
| Intellect | .109 | .027 | -.084 | .099 | -.089 | .076 |
| R 2 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.06 | |||