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Table 5 Correlations between two constructs

From: Why do patients follow physicians’ advice? The influence of patients’ regulatory focus on adherence: an empirical study in China

Constructa

PROF

PREF

ETHISB

CTHISB

MC

WR

PA

PROF

1.00

      

PREF

0.85

1.00

     

ETHISB

0.41

0.29

1.00

    

CTHISB

0.31

0.41

0.30

1.00

   

MC

0.03

0.13

0.22

0.17

1.00

  

WR

0.35

0.32

0.31

0.34

−0.18

1.00

 

PA

0.33

0.25

0.15

0.34

−0.23

0.38

1.00

  1. aPROF promotion focus, PREF prevention focus, ETHISB emerging treatment-related health information seeking behaviour, CTHISB conservative treatment-related health information seeking behaviour, MC media campaigns, WR website reputation, PA patient adherence