Factors related to preventive COVID-19 behaviors using health belief model among general population: a cross-sectional study in Iran

Table 3 Correlations between behavior and HBM construct

	Perceived susceptibility	Perceived severity	Benefit	Barrier	Internal Cues to action	External Cues to action	behavior
Perceived susceptibility	1
Perceived severity	0.31^b	1
Benefit	0.03	0.23^b	1
Barrier	0.65^b	0.16^a	−0.08^a	1
Internal Cues to action	0.07^a	0.26^b	0.31^b	−0.03	1
External Cues to action	0.02	0.27^b	0.38^b	−0.13^b	0.59^a	1
behavior	0.04	0.21^b	0.30^b	−0.20^a	0.42^b	0.47^b	1

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