TABLE 3.

Moderating effects of coping

		Criteria
		Negative affect		Positive affect
Step	Predictor	β	p	β	p
1	Age	−0.11	0.001	0.07	0.04
	Gender	0.01	0.88	−0.14	<0.001
	Education	0.04	0.23	0.04	0.22
	Chronotype	0.01	0.87	0.15	<0.001
	COVID‐19 worry	0.40	<0.001	−0.14	0.001
	Problem‐focused coping	−0.10	0.003	0.29	<0.001
	Meaning‐focused coping	−0.13	<0.001	0.15	<0.001
	Social coping	0.29	<0.001	0.01	0.74
	Avoidance coping	0.15	<0.001	−0.06	0.11
	–	F(9654) = 55.34, p < 0.001, R 2 = 0.43		F(9654) = 22.41, p < 0.001, R 2 = 0.23
2	Worry x Problem	0.04	0.32	0.10	0.01
	Worry x Meaning	−0.09	0.008	−0.04	0.30
	Worry x Social	0.07	0.03	−0.05	0.23
	Worry x Avoidance	0.02	0.45	0.04	0.23
	–	F(13,650) = 40.01, p < 0.001, R 2 = 0.43		F(13,650) = 16.18, p < 0.001, R 2 = 0.23

Note: N = 665.

Gender: 1 = male, 2 = female. Education: 1 = no university degree, 2 = university degree.