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 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.