Table 9.

Negative impact of sharing COVID-19 pandemic news

Measurement items	Mean	SD
1. I do often consider the COVID-19 Pandemic	4.37	0.751
2. I am afraid of contracting the COVID-19 infection based on what I’ve read on social media	4.39	0.745
3. Because I was concerned about the COVID-19 epidemic, I have trouble sleeping regularly	4.22	0.814
4. Social media posts on coronavirus diseases frequently have a bad impact on me	3.79	0.871
5. I often do not have the idea of COVID-19 Infection freak I outpost on social media	3.56	0.920

Note: Strongly Disagree (1), Disagree (2), Neutral (3), Agree (4), & Strongly Agree (5)