Table 3.

Associations between coping strategies and emotional distress during COVID-19

		Perceived stress			Internalizing symptoms			Anger
	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p
Emotional support-seeking	0.16	0.09–0.23	<0.001	0.14	0.07–0.21	<0.001	0.17	0.10–0.24	<0.001
Self-distraction	0.17	0.10–0.24	<0.001	0.14	0.08–0.20	<0.001	0.16	0.09–0.23	<0.001
Acceptance (of COVID-19 crisis)	−0.04	−0.11 to 0.03	0.277	−0.08	−0.15 to −0.01	0.021	−0.07	−0.16 to 0.01	0.076
Positive reappraisal/reframing	−0.06	−0.13 to 0.01	0.071	−0.15	−0.22 to −0.08	<0.001	−0.15	−0.22 to −0.08	<0.001
Physical activity/exercise	−0.12	−0.19 to −0.05	0.001	−0.10	−0.17 to −0.04	0.002	−0.09	−0.16 to −0.01	0.025
Helping others	0.01	−0.05 to 0.08	0.703	−0.01	−0.07 to 0.05	0.804	0.02	−0.04 to 0.09	0.485
Keeping in contact with family/friends	−0.04	−0.11 to 0.03	0.252	−0.07	−0.14 to −0.01	0.029	−0.07	−0.14 to 0.00	0.066
Keeping daily routine	−0.17	−0.24 to −0.10	<0.001	−0.17	−0.23 to −0.11	<0.001	−0.12	−0.20 to −0.05	0.001
Seeking professional help	0.14	0.07–0.21	<0.001	0.19	0.11–0.28	<0.001	0.16	0.08–0.23	<0.001

Adjusted for sociodemographic variables and emotional distress prior to the pandemic. Coping strategies were each entered one at a time (each coping strategy = a separate model). Standardized regression coefficients (β).

Bolded coefficients significant at *p < 0.05.