Table 4.

Regression Coefficients Predicting an Increase in GAD-2

	ba	SEa	t-value	p-value
Intercept	− 0.303	0.524	− 0.578	0.564
Mental illness	0.068	0.179	0.380	0.704
COVID-19-related fear	0.215	0.047	4.610	< 0.001
Subjective level of information	−0.077	0.092	− 0.851	0.396
Trust in government	0.013	0.065	0.198	0.843

Note. Dependent Variable: GAD-2 (difference between before and after the initial COVID-19 outbreak). Total R² = .103, F(4) = 7.566, p < .001, n = 253. aUnstandardized regression coefficients. SEa = Huber-White standard errors