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Published in final edited form as: Br J Health Psychol. 2021 Oct 4;27(2):588–604. doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12564

Table 3. Associations between psychological and contextual factors and holding a stigmatizing attitude.

	Participant characteristics	Level	Because of the coronavirus outbreak, it is best to avoid areas in the UK that are heavily populated by Chinese people
	Participant characteristics	Level	Neither agree not disagree/disagree/strongly disagree n = 1,290, n (%)	Agree/strongly agree n = 524, n (%)	Odds ratio (95% CI) for holding a stigmatizing attitude	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) for holding a stigmatizing attitude
Worry	Worry	Not at all/not very/somewhat worried	1,101 (77.7)	316 (22.3)	Reference	Reference
Worry	Worry	Very/extremely worried	181 (46.8)	206 (53.2)	3.97 (3.13–5.02)^*	3.69 (2.86–4.75)^*
Perceived risk	To oneself	5-point Likert-type (1=no risk at all, 5=major risk)	N = 1,268, M = 2.3, SD = 0.9	N = 514, M = 2.8, SD = 1.2	1.65 (1.49–1.83)^*	1.56 (1.40–1.74)^*
	To people in the UK	5-point Likert-type (1=no risk at all, 5=major risk)	N = 1,277, M = 2.8, SD = 0.9	N = 518, M = 3.4, SD = 1.1	1.94 (1.74–2.17)^*	1.86 (1.66–2.09)^*
	Severity of coronavirus (self)	5-point Likert (1=strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree)	N = 1,205, M = 2.6, SD = 1.1	N = 492, M = 4.2, SD = 0.9	1.72 (1.54–1.93)^*	1.75 (1.55–1.98)^*
Knowledge	Knowledge	Range 6–29	N = 1,290, M = 20.1, SD = 3.4	N = 524, M = 18.0, SD = 4.6	0.86 (0.84–0.89)^*	0.87 (0.84–0.89)^*
Information	Amount heard	4-point Likert-type (1=have not seen or heard anything, 4=seen or heard a lot)	N = 1,286, M = 3.3, SD = 0.7	N = 523, M = 3.4, SD = 0.7	1.04 (0.90–1.20)	1.01 (0.87–1.18)
	Information source – official sources	No	1,024 (72.7)	384 (27.3)	Reference	Reference
	Information source – official sources	Yes	266 (65.5)	140 (34.5)	1.40 (1.11–1.78)^*	1.33 (1.03–1.71)^*
	Information source – mainstream media	No	119 (61.3)	75 (38.7)	Reference	Reference
	Information source – mainstream media	Yes	1,171 (72.3)	449 (27.7)	0.61 (0.45–0.83)^*	0.59 (0.42–0.83)^*
	Information source – unofficial sources	No	828 (71.7)	327 (28.3)	Reference	Reference
	Information source – unofficial sources	Yes	462 (70.1)	197 (29.9)	1.08 (0.87–1.33)	0.87 (0.68–1.11)
	Advice on protection	No	454 (71.2)	184 (28.8)	Reference	Reference
	Advice on protection	Yes	836 (71.1)	340 (28.9)	1.00 (0.81–1.24)	1.00 (0.80–1.25)
	Recommendations to ‘Catch it, Bin it, Kill it’	No	568 (71.4)	227 (28.6)	Reference	Reference
	Recommendations to ‘Catch it, Bin it, Kill it’	Yes	722 (70.9)	297 (29.1)	1.03 (0.84–1.26)	1.06 (0.85–1.31)
Government response	Satisfaction with government response	Range 3 (lowest) to 15 (highest)	N = 1,132, M = 10.7, SD = 2.4	N = 466, M = 11.0, SD = 2.5	1.05 (1.00–1.10)^*	1.08 (1.03–1.13)^*
Government response	Credibility of government	Range 4 (lowest) to 20 (highest)	N = 1,000, M = 13.3, SD = 3.1	N = 419, M = 13.3, SD = 3.1	1.01 (0.97–1.04)	1.03 (0.99–1.08)

p ≤ .05