Table III.
Correlations among age, education (Edu), news information seeking behavior (NIS), health literacy (CoHL), locus of control (LoC), and the adoption of protective behavior (PB)
| Age | Edu | PB | NIS | CoHL | LoC1 | LoC2 | LoC3 | LoC4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | 39.84 (13.73) | 5.05 (1.99) | 67.56 (11.29) | 2.91 (1.11) | 32.06 (4.53) | 4.53 (1.79) | 5.16 (1.62) | 3.87 (1.80) | 3.65 (1.84) |
| Edu | −0.16* | ||||||||
| PB | 0.18* | −0.11* | |||||||
| NIS | −0.28* | −0.04 | −0.08* | ||||||
| CoHL | 0.10* | 0.10* | 0.11* | −0.15* | |||||
| LoC1 | 0.07* | −0.07* | 0.10* | −0.04 | 0.08* | ||||
| LoC2 | 0.08* | −0.10* | 0.14* | 0.01 | 0.10* | 0.46* | |||
| LoC3 | 0.01 | 0.15* | 0.06 | −0.04 | 0.06 | 0.20* | 0.27* | ||
| LoC4 | 0.03 | −0.09* | −0.02 | −0.04 | 0.02 | −0.12* | −0.07* | −0.14* |
Note.*P < 0.05.
LoC1 refers to the control expectation that one may get the COVID-19 infection because of its self-behaviors. LoC2 refers to the control expectation that one may get COVID-19 infection because of others. LoC3 refers to the control expectation that one may get COVID-19 infection because of the government. LoC4 refers to the control expectation that one may get COVID-19 infection by bad chance.