Table 2.
Results of the regression analysis (final models) exploring the impact of hypothesized explanatory variables on emotional symptoms
| State Anxiety | Depression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable^ | b | beta | p-value | b | beta | p-value |
| Males | −0.198 | −0.085 | 0.067 | −0.239 | −0.103 | 0.012 |
| Age | 0.077 | 0.077 | 0.074 | 0.016 | 0.016 | 0.672 |
| SDQ | 0.556 | 0.556 | 0.000 | 0.625 | 0.625 | 0.000 |
| EC | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.810 | −0.106 | −0.106 | 0.005 |
| CL | 0.082 | 0.082 | 0.065 | 0.108 | 0.108 | 0.006 |
| WI | 0.110 | 0.110 | 0.013 | 0.044 | 0.044 | 0.254 |
| EC × SDQ | − | − | − | −0.067 | −0.066 | 0.086 |
| CL × SDQ | − | − | − | 0.138 | 0.139 | 0.000 |
| WI × SDQ | − | − | − | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.928 |
Note. N = 326; ^Males = Gender of participants (dummy coded: male = 1, female = 0); Age = Age of participants (years; z-score); SDQ = Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire total score (z-score); EC Environmental context index (z-score), CL changes in lifestyle index (z-score), WI Worries about infection index (z-score)