Table 1.
Descriptive statistics by group on the COVID Stress Scales, self-isolation distress, and self-isolation stressors.
| Variable | No mental disorder (n = 500) |
Mood disorder (n = 368) |
Anxiety-related disorder (n = 700) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted Mean (SE) | |||
| Total CSS | 41.7 (1.4) | 45.1 (1.6) | 52.4 (1.2) |
| Danger and contamination fears | 18.3 (0.6) | 19.5 (0.6) | 21.8 (0.5) |
| Socioeconomic consequences | 7.0 (0.3) | 8.1 (0.3) | 9.4 (0.3) |
| Xenophobiaa | 5.8 (0.3) | 5.9 (0.3) | 7.0 (0.3) |
| Traumatic stress | 3.9 (0.3) | 5.2 (0.3) | 6.7 (0.2) |
| Compulsive checking | 6.8 (0.3) | 6.4 (0.3) | 7.6 (0.2) |
| Self-isolation distressb | 8.1 (0.5) | 10.6 (0.5) | 12.1 (0.3) |
| Self-isolation stressorsb | 1.6 (0.2) | 2.9 (0.2) | 3.0 (0.1) |
Note. CSS = COVID Stress Scales. Adjusted means and standard deviations account for age, ethnicity, sex, education, and employment.
a
Age was not included as a covariate for xenophobia because age did not correlate with xenophobia (r = −.009, p = .719).
b
n = 871 in current self-isolation.