Influence of trust on two different risk perceptions as an affective and cognitive dimension during Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in South Korea: serial cross-sectional surveys

Jang, Won Mo; Kim, Un-Na; Jang, Deok Hyun; Jung, Hyemin; Cho, Sanghyun; Eun, Sang Jun; Lee, Jin Yong

The general characteristics of the participants are shown in Table 2 . There were no statistically significant differences between surveys except self-reported economic status, affective risk perception, cognitive risk perception. Nearly half of the participants were female, aged <50 years, educated up to high school or below, from the affected area, and showed disapproval of the president or the ruling party. Majority of the participants were employed, of middle economic status, and metropolitan. More than half of participants were worried but had views that the epidemic would subside. Figure 1 reports how the outbreak proceeded, with three overlapping transmission periods, the timing of the four independent surveys, and the risk perception rates. Differences were investigated between affective and cognitive risk proportions throughout the epidemic periods.