Table 3:

Mean factor scores for unidimensional constructs among adults by demographic and COVID-related characteristics. Significant group differences are represented by asterisks, uncorrected for multiple comparisons: * p < .05, ** p < .01, ***p < .001.

	Adult US			Adult UK
		Mean (SD)			Mean (SD)
	Covid Worries	Prior Mood States	Current Mood States	Covid Worries	Prior Mood States	Current Mood States
Population	0.003 (0.85)	0.001 (0.63)	0.0006 (0.73)	0.002 (0.82)	0.006 (0.66)	0.006 (0.73)
Sex		*
Male	−0.02 (0.83)	−0.06 (0.63)	−0.09 (0.70)	−0.18 (0.83)	−0.08 (0.67)	−0.17 (0.72)
Female	0.02 (0.87)	0.04 (0.64)	0.06 (0.75)	0.14 (0.79)	0.08 (0.64)	0.14 (0.70)
Age	***	***	***		***	***
Under 30	−0.23 (0.83)	0.10 (0.63)	0.11 (0.71)	−0.05 (0.82)	0.18 (0.62)	0.20 (0.72)
30–49	0.16 (0.85)	0.02 (0.62)	0.10 (0.74)	0.07 (0.80)	0.08 (0.63)	0.07 (0.68)
50 and older	−0.23 (0.83)	−0.22 (0.60)	−0.34 (0.67)	−0.05 (0.86)	−0.32 (0.62)	−0.31 (0.72)
Race
Asian	0.01 (0.82)	0.06 (0.59)	−0.06 (0.64)	0.05 (0.90)	0.01 (0.59)	0.12 (0.73)
Black	−0.07 (0.99)	0.03 (0.70)	−0.01 (0.82)	−0.08 (0.87)	−0.13 (0.58)	−0.11 (0.71)
Hispanic	0.17 (0.84)	−0.01 (0.66)	0.08 (0.81)	0.10 (0.96)	0.28 (0.67)	0.42 (0.85)
Other	−0.05 (0.82)	0.08 (0.62)	0.15 (0.71)	0.04 (0.73)	0.04 (0.67)	−0.001 (0.75)
White	−0.03 (0.84)	−0.02 (0.63)	−0.02 (0.72)	−0.001 (0.82)	0.01 (0.66)	−0.01 (0.72)
School Closed	**	**	***		*	***
School Closed but Classed Resumed Online	0.15 (0.86)	0.13 (0.59)	0.13 (0.70)	0.01 (0.81)	0.18 (0.64)	0.29 (0.72)
School Closed but Classes Did Not Resume	−0.56 (0.93)	0.25 (0.80)	0.20 (0.96)	0.09 (0.98)	0.02 (0.55)	0.29 (0.70)
School Did Not Close	−0.09 (1.12)	0.16 (0.70)	0.12 (0.61)	0.15 (0.94)	0.09 (0.53)	−0.02 (0.90)
Not Applicable	−0.03 (0.83)	−0.04 (0.64)	−0.04 (0.73)	−0.01 (0.81)	−0.02 (0.66)	−0.04 (0.72)
Job Loss	*	*
Job Prior to Pandemic and Still Working	−0.01 (0.84)	−0.06 (0.64)	−0.02 (0.72)	0.01 (0.83)	−0.01 (0.62)	0.06 (0.67)
Job Prior to Pandemic and not Still Working	0.12 (0.84)	0.07 (0.61)	0.12 (0.72)	0.001 (0.82)	0.07 (0.59)	−0.01 (0.71)
Did Not Have Job Prior to Pandemic	−0.09 (0.90)	0.05 (0.64)	−0.07 (0.75)	0.01 (0.83)	−0.03 (0.75)	0.004 (0.80)
Essential Worker in Family
No	−0.01 (0.84)	−0.01 (0.62)	−0.02 (0.73)	−0.04 (0.81)	−0.002 (0.65)	−0.02 (0.72)
Yes	−0.003 (0.91)	0.02 (0.69)	0.05 (0.75)	0.04 (0.85)	−0.02 (0.66)	0.03 (0.72)
Yes, works in COVID facility	0.17 (0.80)	0.05 (0.55)	0.05 (0.68)	0.13 (0.89)	0.04 (0.53)	0.11 (0.66)
Any Family Impact	**	*	***	***	**	***
No	−0.07 (0.88)	−0.04 (0.64)	−0.08 (0.71)	−0.09 (0.84)	−0.04 (0.66)	−0.11 (0.70)
Yes	0.11 (0.79)	0.07 (0.62)	0.13 (0.74)	0.14 (0.78)	0.08 (0.64)	0.18 (0.74)
Family Member Diagnosed	*		*		m
No	−0.01 (0.81)	−0.01 (0.64)	−0.02 (0.72)	−0.02 (0.82)	0.01 (0.65)	−0.01 (0.72)
Yes	0.28 (0.80)	0.08 (0.63)	0.25 (0.87)	0.30 (0.83)	−0.02 (0.69)	0.18 (0.80)
2-Week COVID Exposure		*	**	**	*	**
None	−0.02 (0.86)	−0.01 (0.64)	−0.02 (0.73)	−0.03 (0.82)	−0.02 (0.66)	−0.03 (0.72)
Exposure to person with symptoms	0.15 (0.74)	0.18 (0.59)	0.26 (0.73)	0.10 (0.81)	0.15 (0.58)	0.21 (0.75)
Exposure to person with diagnosis	0.20 (0.85)	−0.05 (0.62)	−0.02 (0.75)	0.37 (0.81)	0.08 (0.69)	0.21 (0.75)
2-Week Symptom Count	***	***	***	***	***	***
None	−0.09 (0.84)	−0.08 (0.61)	−0.10 (0.72)	−0.13 (0.80)	−0.10 (0.67)	−0.14 (0.72)
One	0.16 (0.89)	0.17 (0.67)	0.18 (0.73)	0.17 (0.86)	0.14 (0.60)	0.20 (0.66)
Two	0.21 (0.78)	0.05 (0.65)	0.11 (0.71)	0.22 (0.84)	0.21 (0.64)	0.26 (0.73)
Three or more	0.13 (0.84)	0.17 (0.60)	0.22 (0.71)	0.20 (0.74)	0.15 (0.61)	0.16 (0.73)