Table 5.

Regression Coefficients Predicting an Increase in Distress (DT)

	ba	SEa	t-value	p-value
Intercept	0.532	1.608	0.498	0.628
Mental illness	0.197	0.290	0.682	0.496
COVID-19-related fear	0.253	0.072	3.500	< 0.001
Subjective level of information	−0.115	0.148	− 0.783	0.435
Trust in government	−0.089	0.099	−0.905	0.367

Note. Dependent Variable: DT (difference between before and after the initial COVID-19 outbreak). Total R² = .062, F(4) = 5.318,