Fear of COVID-19 and emotional dysfunction problems: Intrusive, avoidance and hyperarousal stress as key mediators

Table 3 Bivariate correlations and descriptive statistics among all study variables

No.		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	Fear of COVID-19	1
2	Avoidance stress	0.39c	1
3	Intrusive stress	0.55c	0.60c	1
4	Hyperarousal stress	0.45c	0.60c	0.80c	1
5	General anxiety	0.36c	0.45c	0.59c	0.68c	1
6	Depression	0.18c	0.36c	0.45c	0.63c	0.71c	1
7	Agoraphobia	0.41c	0.30c	0.41c	0.40c	0.52c	0.42c	1
8	Social Anxiety	0.24c	0.27c	0.38c	0.40c	0.59c	0.55c	0.56c	1
9	Panic	0.39c	0.37c	0.52c	0.61c	0.69c	0.63c	0.60c	0.54c	1
10	Obsessive-Compulsive	0.40c	0.20c	0.32c	0.33c	0.43c	0.31c	0.56c	0.43c	0.46c	1
11	Health anxiety	0.56c	0.27c	0.44c	0.45c	0.54c	0.36c	0.49c	0.42c	0.52c	0.56c	1
12	Sex	0.15b	0.18c	0.17c	0.14b	0.22c	0.12a	0.10a	0.15b	0.12a	-0.00	0.07
13	Age	0.08	-0.20c	-0.07	-0.24c	-0.28c	-0.27c	-0.10a	-0.24c	-0.12a	-0.08	-0.04

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

^cP < 0.001.

Sex was coded 0 = male, 1 = female. COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.