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. 2020 Dec 17;11:581496. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.581496

Table 2.

Correlation between DASS-scores and subjective evaluations, sample 2 April 2020.

S. No. M SD Depression Anxiety Stress
1. Fear of job loss 4.27 1.59 0.406** 0.295** 0.360**
2. Existential fears 4.00 1.66 0.432** 0.356** 0.409**
3. Existential fears before corona 1.99 1.07 0.080** 0.109** 0.124**
4. Change in the personal situation 2.99 1.03 −0.445** −0.277** −0.393**
5. Change in personal situation after corona 3.77 1.39 −0.164** −0.083** −0.166**

N = 1119, item contents: (1) Are you afraid of losing your job because of the corona crisis? (2) Do you currently have existential fears? (3) Did you have existential fears before the corona crisis? (answer options of these three items: 1 = not at all, 2 = no, 3 = rather no, 4 = partly - partly, 5 = rather yes, 6 = yes, 7 = yes, absolute); (4) Has your personal situation changed due to the corona crisis? (answer options: 1 = yes, it is now much worse, 2 = yes, it is now worse, 3 = yes, it is now rather worse, 4 = no, no change, 5 = yes, it is now rather better, 6 = yes, it is now better, 7 = yes, it is now much better); and (5) What do you expect for your personal situation after the corona crisis? (answer options: 1 = it gets much worse, 2 = it gets worse, 3 = it gets rather worse, 4 = no change, 5 = it gets rather better, 6 = it gets better, 7 = it gets much better).

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001.