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. 2022 Jan 25;9:779654. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.779654

Table 7.

Negative and positive emotions since the onset of COVID-19 (n = 356).

Emotion Item Percentage * Mean VR**
Not at all Less Moderate Much
Nervous 40.06 17.33 24.15 18.46 2.32 0.60
Worried 22.44 18.47 23.86 35.49 2.91 0.76
Depressed 42 19.70 17.70 20.6 2.27 0.58
Sad 43.06 18.70 18.41 19.83 2.27 0.57
Scared 27.68 24.29 19.21 28.81 2.66 0.72
Bored 20.11 14.16 23.80 41.93 3.16 0.72
Total of negative emotions 2.60
Calm 14.69 18.36 30.23 36.72 3.10 0.70
Optimistic 9.89 13.56 25.14 51.41 3.51 0.67
Excited 22.44 19.32 32.39 25.85 2.76 0.67
Happy 18.47 19.60 32.39 29.54 2.88 0.77
Total of positive emotions 3.07
*

Scale: Not at all = 1; Less = 2; Moderate = 3; Much = 4.

**

VR, Variance Ratio.