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Table 2 Descriptive statistics and correlation coefficient (N = 3000)

From: The effect of cognition and affect on preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in China

 

M

SD

α

Knowledge (KN)

Negative Emotion (NE)

Risk Perception (PR)

Going Out (GO)

Preventive Behaviors (PB)

KN

2.20

0.80

 

1

    

NE

3.47

1.08

0.87

−0.10**

1

   

PR

23.89

21.13

0.80

−0.00

0.18**

1

  

GO

1.98

0.74

0.80

−0.22**

0.36**

0.12**

1

 

PB

3.22

0.68

0.69

0.33**

−0.29**

−0.11**

− 0.60**

1

  1. Note. α means Cronbach alpha. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001