Table 3 Words in common among the six target concepts and percentage of participants producing the word for each concept. Raw frequencies are given in brackets.

From: Differences and similarities in the conceptualization of COVID-19 and other diseases in the first Italian lockdown

Common words

COVID-19

Disease

Virus

Tumor

Fever

Flu

Fear

27 (20)

20 (15)

22 (16)

31 (23)

15 (11)

7 (5)

Danger

7 (5)

3 (2)

7 (5)

3 (2)

5 (4)

3 (2)

Anxiety

4 (3)

7 (5)

3 (2)

1 (1)

1 (1)

1 (1)

Cure

3 (2)

28 (21)

9 (7)

16 (12)

8 (6)

7 (5)

Doctors

1 (1)

18 (13)

3 (2)

5 (4)

9 (7)

9 (7)

Medicines

1 (1)

11 (8)

5 (4)

3 (2)

14 (10)

12 (9)

Hospital

1 (1)

16 (12)

7 (5)

18 (13)

4 (3)

1 (1)