Table 2.
Associations among adolescents' social distancing, motivations, mental health, and social health
| Social distancing |
Anxiety symptoms |
Depressive symptoms |
Burdensomeness |
Belongingness |
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| Estimates | SE | 95% CI | Estimates | SE | 95% CI | Estimates | SE | 95% CI | Estimates | SE | 95% CI | Estimates | SE | 95% CI | |
| Age | .02 | .03 | −.04, .07 | .02 | .04 | −.06, .09 | .00 | .04 | −.07, .08 | −.05 | .06 | −.16, .07 | .03 | .05 | −.07, .13 |
| Gender: female | .09 | .08 | −.07, .25 | .48 | .11 | .27, .70 | .38 | .11 | .17, .60 | .27 | .17 | −.06, .60 | −.23 | .15 | −.53, .06 |
| Race: white | −.21 | .08 | −.36, −.05 | .11 | .11 | −.10, .32 | .11 | .10 | −.10, .31 | .01 | .16 | −.31, .34 | −.05 | .15 | −.34, .24 |
| Hispanic | −.21 | .09 | −.39, −.02 | .12 | .12 | −.13, .36 | .22 | .12 | −.02, .46 | .12 | .19 | −.26, .50 | .03 | .17 | −.31, .37 |
| Financial strain | .07 | .05 | −.02, .16 | −.15 | .06 | −.27, −.03 | −.17 | .06 | −.29, −.06 | −.25 | .09 | −.44, −.07 | .16 | .08 | −.00, .33 |
| Parents' education | .12 | .05 | .02, .21 | −.02 | .07 | −.15, .11 | −.03 | .06 | −.16, .09 | .01 | .10 | −.19, .21 | .24 | .09 | .06, .42 |
| Social distancing | - | − | − | −.03 | .09 | −.20, .15 | −.12 | .09 | −.28, .05 | .00 | .14 | −.27, .27 | .23 | .12 | −.01, .47 |
| Motivation | |||||||||||||||
| Lockdown | .20 | .06 | .07, .33 | .02 | .09 | −.15, .19 | .13 | .09 | −.04, .29 | −.01 | .13 | −.28, .25 | −.07 | .12 | −.31, .17 |
| Parents' rules | .22 | .07 | .09, .35 | .06 | .09 | −.12, .23 | −.01 | .09 | −.19, .16 | −.02 | .14 | −.29, .25 | .28 | .12 | .03, .52 |
| Friends said I should | −.06 | .10 | −.25, .13 | .11 | .13 | −.14, .36 | .26 | .13 | .02, .51 | .34 | .20 | −.05, .73 | −.06 | .18 | −.41, .29 |
| Social responsibility | .21 | .09 | .03, .39 | .03 | .12 | −.21, .27 | −.05 | .12 | −.29, .19 | −.35 | .19 | −.73, .03 | .10 | .17 | −.23, .44 |
| Avoid personal sick | .07 | .07 | −.07, .21 | .19 | .10 | .01, .38 | −.12 | .09 | −.31, .06 | −.32 | .15 | −.61, −.03 | .07 | .13 | −.19, .33 |
| Avoid others sick | .15 | .10 | −.04, .34 | .24 | .13 | −.01, .50 | .14 | .13 | −.11, .40 | .17 | .20 | −.22, .57 | .25 | .18 | −.10, .60 |
| No alternatives | −.20 | .08 | −.36, −.04 | −.20 | .11 | −.41, .02 | −.02 | .11 | −.23, .19 | −.17 | .17 | −.50, .16 | .10 | .15 | −.20, .40 |
| Prefer to stay home | .09 | .08 | −.06, .25 | −.30 | .11 | −.51, −.09 | −.35 | .10 | −.55, −.14 | .03 | .16 | −.29, .35 | −.18 | .15 | −.46, .11 |
| Avoid judgment | −.24 | .12 | −.48, .01 | .35 | .17 | .03, .68 | .27 | .16 | −.05, .59 | .31 | .26 | −.20, .81 | −.12 | .23 | −.57, .33 |
| R2/R2 adjusted | .139/.118 | .105/.083 | .080/.057 | .044/.020 | .055/.031 | ||||||||||
Bolded values are significant at p < .05. Motivations were coded as endorsed/not endorsed.
CI = confidence interval; SE = standard error of mean.