Table 3

Definitions of the five constructs

ConstructDefinition
Perceived usefulnessUsers' expected benefits from using Contact Tracing Mobile Apps (CTMA) in protecting their health during the COVID-19 pandemic (Bhattacherjee, 2001; Davis, 1989)
Perceived distress reliefUsers' perception of relieving their COVID-19-related distress through CTMA (Dholakia, 2006)
Privacy concernsUsers' concerns about opportunistic behavior related to private information collected by CTMA (Dinev and Hart, 2006)
Perceived response efficacyUsers' perception of the efficacy of protection offered by the CTMA providers in successfully attenuating privacy threats in CTMA use (Posey et al., 2015)
Continuance usageUsers' continued use of CTMA during the COVID-19 pandemic (Bhattacherjee, 2001)

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