As one part of a larger project, this manuscript has been shared the same database with another manuscript entitled Public risk perception, emotion and coping behaviour under the COVID-19 pandemic: An instrument development study. And we have submitted this methodology paper to another journal and is currently under review by peer reviewers. Although two manuscripts share the same database, they are different in terms of the study purpose as well as the study methodology. Regarding the study purpose: this study aimed to explore the relationship between public risk perceptions, emotions and behaviours, whereas the other one aimed to develop the study instruments and to evaluate their psychometric properties.Regarding the study methodology: this study used an advanced statistical method called the structural equation modelling to explore the interactions between public risk perceptions, emotions and behaviours. While the other one employed the exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and others to evaluate the newly developed research instruments.
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