Table 7.

Indirect Effects, Direct Effects, and Total Effects Between SES and Change in Well-being

Predictor	Outcome	Indirect effect via…					Direct effect	Total effect
		Perceived financial resources during COVID	Change in perceived control	Change in interpersonal resources	COVID-related knowledge	COVID-related news consumption
Education	Change in depressive symptoms	−.002 [−.009, .002]	.004 [−.003, .015]	.001 [−.014, .012]	−.001 [−.005, .004]	−.001 [−.005, .003]	.031 [.004, .057]	.032 [.014, .049]
Income	Change in depressive symptoms	−.005 [−.011, .001]	.000 [−.005, .004]	.001 [−.005, .009]	.000 [−.001, .001]	.000 [−.004, .002]	.002 [−.017, .020]	−.003 [−.013, .008]
Education	Change in life satisfaction	.015 [−.009, .048]	−.012 [−.037, .012]	−.001 [−.016, .019]	.019 [.003, .040]	−.007 [−.023, .007]	−.108 [−.191 −.025]	−.094 [−.137, −.042]
Income	Change in life satisfaction	.030 [.014, .050]	.001 [−.014, .010]	−.002 [−.012, .008]	.002 [−.006, .010]	−.006 [−.015, −.0004]	−.029 [−.077, .020]	−.003 [−.030, .021]

Note. 95% CIs are reported inside the brackets. 95% CIs that excluded zero are bolded. 20,000 replications were used in the Monte Carlo procedure.