Table 3.
Social distancing and social resources as predictors of mental health symptoms in late March 2020 (top) and as predictors of symptom change from February to March 2020 (bottom).
Depression | GAD | Intrusive thoughts | Insomnia | Acute stress | |||||||||||
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b | SE | β | b | SE | β | b | SE | β | b | SE | β | b | SE | β | |
Full Sample (N = 435) | |||||||||||||||
Age | −0.15 | .04 | −.15** | −0.08 | .02 | −.18** | −0.03 | .02 | −.08 | −0.04 | .03 | −.08 | −0.15 | .04 | −.16** |
Gender | 3.59 | .96 | .15** | 2.14 | .50 | .20** | 2.06 | .41 | .24** | 1.07 | .58 | .09 | 2.32 | .99 | .11* |
Income | −0.64 | .30 | −.09* | −0.16 | .16 | −.05 | −0.21 | .13 | −.08 | −0.23 | .18 | −.06 | −0.47 | .31 | −.07 |
Social support | −0.49 | .03 | −.61** | −0.15 | .02 | −.42** | −0.07 | .02 | −.23** | −0.16 | .02 | −.39** | −0.33 | .04 | −.45** |
Social network size | 0.08 | .06 | .06 | 0.06 | .03 | .09 | 0.07 | .03 | .14** | 0.06 | .04 | .09 | 0.15 | .07 | .12* |
Stay-at-home status | 3.21 | .97 | .13** | 1.48 | .50 | .13** | 0.66 | .41 | .07 | 1.17 | .58 | .09* | 3.62 | .99 | .16** |
Distancing behavior | 6.12 | 1.83 | .14** | 2.72 | .95 | .14** | 3.89 | .78 | .25** | 0.73 | 1.09 | .03 | 4.37 | 1.88 | .11* |
F (7, 427) | 37.99** | 16.37** | 10.59** | 10.82** | 17.83** | ||||||||||
Adjusted R2 | 0.37 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.21 | ||||||||||
Prospective Subsample Controlling for Prior (February) Symptoms (n = 118) | |||||||||||||||
Time 0 Symptoms | 0.69 | .06 | .75** | 0.68 | .06 | .72** | |||||||||
Age | −0.05 | .06 | −.04 | −0.03 | .03 | −.07 | |||||||||
Gender | 4.16 | 1.32 | .17** | 1.72 | .65 | .16** | |||||||||
Income | −0.14 | .41 | −.02 | 0.03 | .20 | .01 | |||||||||
Social support | −0.13 | .06 | −.15* | −0.06 | .03 | −.16* | |||||||||
Social network size | −0.02 | .08 | −.01 | 0.01 | .04 | .03 | |||||||||
Stay-at-home status | 1.10 | 1.25 | .04 | 0.49 | .62 | .04 | |||||||||
Distancing behavior | 9.91 | 2.50 | .23** | 4.34 | 1.23 | .23** | |||||||||
F (8, 109) | 37.46** | 27.30** | |||||||||||||
Adjusted R2 | 0.71 | 0.64 |
Note. Gender is coded such that 1 = female. Stay-at-home status is coded such that 1 = yes. Time 0 Symptoms refers to the corresponding symptom type at the February 2020 timepoint. *p < .05, **p < .01.