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. 2023 Feb 1;14:1131076. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1131076

TABLE 1.

Questionnaire items designed based on Cognitive-Experiential Self-Theory (CEST) and Common Sense Model of Risk Perception (CSM).

Variables Connotations Item Theoretical sources
Emotional feelings Emotional response to the infection of COVID-19 (Zhong et al., 2021) Item 6 How likely do you think you are to contract COVID-19? CEST Intuitive feelings
Item 7 Are you worried about contracting COVID-19? CEST Intuitive feelings
Item 8 Do you think you are susceptible to COVID-19? CEST Intuitive feelings
Cognitive judgment Judgment of vulnerability to infection (Zanin et al., 2020) Item 9 Are you sure you won’t infect with COVID-19? CEST Cognitive judgment
Item 10 Do you think that you are at risk of contracting COVID-19, no matter how small the probability is? CEST Cognitive judgment
Item 11 What do you think your probability is of contracting COVID-19? CEST Cognitive judgment
Mental representation of unusual severity Constantly reminded of COVID-19 (Kuang et al., 2020) Item 12 Is it hard for you to imagine yourself infected with COVID-19? CSM Mental representation
Item 13 Have you ever assumed you were infected with COVID-19? CSM Mental representation
Item 14 Have you ever assumed that a family member has been infected with COVID-19? CSM Mental representation