Table 1.

Relationship and descriptive characteristics of study variables.

Measures	Gender	Age	Education	SWL	OC	EAC	PML	SML	M(SD)	α	Skewness	K
Psychological distress	0.159*	0.414***	0.284***	−0.478***	0.350***	0.201**	0.025	0.182**	19.84 (5.47)	0.78	0.307	−0.501
1- Social dysfunction	−0.167*	0.267**	0.181*	−0.455***	0.270***	0.212**	−0.185**	−0.055	10.13 (2.91)	0.75	0.872	−0.384
2- Anxiety depression	0.195**	0.387***	0.263***	−0.337***	0.267***	0.119**	0.043	0.196**	5.97 (2.84)	0.81	−0.462	−0.433
3- Loss of confidence	0.237***	0.325***	0.267***	−0.295**	0.316***	0.017	0.241**	0.281***	3.74 (1.83)	0.79	−0.791	−0.522
PM	0.034	0.045	0.006	0.239***	−0.194**	−0.193**	–	–	18.19 (6.70)	0.87	0.385	−0.328
SM	0.030	−0.047	−0.052	0.357***	−0.197**	−0.263***	–	–	18.89 (7.65)	0.89	0.542	−0.572
SWL	−0.023	0.165*	−0.199**	–	−0.216**	−0.267***			16.62 (6.49)	0.87	0.988	0.379
OC	0.165**	−0.010	0.027	–	–	0.183**	–	–	12.23 (3.13)	0.76	−0.943	−0.373
EAC	0.177*	−0.025	−0.028	–	–	–	–	–	6.74 (3.00)	–	−0.956	−0.544

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001.

Gender was coded 1 for Males and 2 for Females; SWL, Satisfaction with Life; OC, Obsessions about COVID-19; EAC, Extent of affect by COVID-19; PML, Presence of meaning in life; SML, Search for meaning in life; SWL, Satisfaction with life; K, Kurtosis.