Table 3.

Bivariate correlations among study variables.

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Positive Emotions Toward COVID-19	—	-0.58⁎⁎	-0.19*	-0.21*	.21*	-0.03
2. Negative Emotions Toward COVID-19		—	.34⁎⁎	.34⁎⁎	-0.11	-0.00
3. Personal Risk Judgements			—	.37⁎⁎	-0.09	.13
4. Patient Safety Risk Judgements				—	-0.14	.19*
5. Use of Emotional Reappraisal Strategies					—	.01
6. Use of Emotional Suppression Strategies						—

Note.

^⁎p < .05.

^⁎⁎p < .01. Positive Emotions Toward COVID-19 (3 items; Cronbach's α = 0.81). Negative Emotions Toward COVID-19 (9 items; Cronbach's α = 0.89). Personal Risk Judgements (4 items; Cronbach's α = 0.75). Patient Safety Risk Judgements (4 items; Cronbach's α = 0.80). Use of Emotional Reappraisal Strategies (6 items; Cronbach's α = 0.88). Use of Emotional Suppression Strategies (4 items; Cronbach's α = 0.82).