2.3.1. Perceived Control over Time

The perceived control over time subscale from the Time Management Behavior Scale of Macan et al. [31] was used in the current study to measure the individuals' perception of control over their time. It consists of five items scored on a five-point Likert scale with anchors from 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree (example of item:" I feel in control of my time"; "I must spend much time on unimportant tasks"). The scale provides a total score by averaging the participants' scores for each scale item (Cronbach α = 0.70).

### 2.3.2. Fear of COVID-19

Fear of COVID-19 is a recent seven-item scale developed by Ahorsu et al. [15] to measure the fear of COVID-19 in the adult population (example of item: "I am most afraid of coronavirus-19"). Each item is scored on a five-point Likert scale having anchors from 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree. We computed the total score by averaging the participants' scores for each scale item (Cronbach α = 0.86).
