Hao Zhou
Xiangqian Liu1
Jing Wu
Chuanjing Liao
Shengyu Zhao- 1Moral and Psychological Education Research Center, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, China
- 2Department of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen, China
- 3College of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China
- 4School of Public Basic Studies, Wenzhou Polytechnic, Wenzhou, China
by Zhou, H., Liu, X., Wu, J., Liao, C., and Zhao, S. (2025). Front. Psychol. 16:1651664. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1651664
There was a mistake in Table 2 as published. The column headings were missing; variables “trust (neighbors)” and “trust (f & c)” were misplaced. The corrected Table 2 appears below.
Table 2. Descriptive statistics and correlations among variables.
A correction has been made to section 3 Results, 3.2 Preliminary analysis, Paragraph 2. The descriptive text introducing Table 2 has been adjusted so that “trust (neighbors)” and “trust (f & c)” now appear in their correct locations:
“The correlation matrix (zero-order Pearson's correlation coefficients) is shown in Table 2. As expected, perceived pandemic risk is significantly positively correlated with mental distress (r = 0.045, p < 0.01). It is also significantly negatively correlated with family trust (r = −0.043, p < 0.01), neighbor trust (r = −0.015, p < 0.05), and acquaintance trust (r = −0.023, p < 0.01), while the negative correlation with stranger trust (r = 0.007, p > 0.05) is not significant. Additionally, family trust (r = −0.168, p < 0.01), neighbor trust (r = −0.133, p < 0.01), acquaintance trust (r = −0.110, p < 0.01), and stranger trust (r = 0.032, p < 0.01) are all significantly negatively correlated with mental distress. Furthermore, social cohesion is not significantly negatively correlated with perceived pandemic risk (r = −0.007, p > 0.05) but is significantly negatively correlated with mental distress (r = −0.108, p < 0.01). It is also significantly positively correlated with family trust (r = 0.142, p < 0.01), neighbor trust (r = 0.368, p < 0.01), acquaintance trust (r = 0.242, p < 0.01), and stranger trust (r = 0.157, p < 0.01).”
There was a mistake in Table 4 and its caption as published. The predictor labels have been realigned; Table 4 now contains “Trust (f & c)” as the mediator variable throughout all models.
The corrected Table 4 and its caption appear below.
Table 4. Testing the mediation effect of perceived risk on mental distress via trust (f & c).
There was a mistake in Table 5 and its caption as published. The predictor labels have been realigned; Table 5 now contains “Trust (f & c)” as the mediator variable throughout all models.
The corrected Table 5 and its caption appear below.
Table 5. Testing the mediation effect of perceived risk on mental distress via trust (neighbors).
The original version of this article has been updated.
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Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, perceived risk, interpersonal trust, social cohesion, mental distress
Citation: Zhou H, Liu X, Wu J, Liao C and Zhao S (2025) Correction: The perceived COVID-19 pandemic risk and mental distress in China: the mediating role of interpersonal trust and the moderating role of social cohesion. Front. Psychol. 16:1714759. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1714759
Received: 28 September 2025; Accepted: 30 October 2025;
Published: 12 November 2025.
Edited and reviewed by: Gerald Matthews, George Mason University, United States
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