Fig. 2: Association between fear of COVID-19 and support for COVID-19 containment behaviors under low, medium and high scores of trust in the government. | Communications Psychology

Fig. 2: Association between fear of COVID-19 and support for COVID-19 containment behaviors under low, medium and high scores of trust in the government.

From: Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour

Fig. 2: Association between fear of COVID-19 and support for COVID-19 containment behaviors under low, medium and high scores of trust in the government.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

Notes: The graphic is based on N = 12,758 independent responses nested in 34 countries; the black line represents the strength of the association between fear of COVID-19 and support for COVID-19 containment behaviors under high levels of trust in the government (one standard deviation above the mean); the blue dashed line represents the strength of the association between fear of COVID-19 and support for COVID-19 containment behaviors under medium levels of trust in the government; the red dashed line represents the strength of the association between fear of COVID-19 and support for COVID-19 containment behaviors under low levels of trust in the government (one standard deviation below the mean). The gray shadowed parts represent the respective 95% Confidence Intervals; support for COVID-19 containment behaviors were assessed on a scale ranging from 1 to 5, with higher scores representing higher support. The scores for fear of COVID-19 (x-axis) represent the group-mean centered scores.

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