Table 2.

Results of regression analyses examining the indirect effect of job satisfaction on psychological distress, through meaning in life as a mediator.

DV: Meaning in Life	F	R 2	b	SE	t	p
	14.31	0.28				<0.001
Job satisfaction			0.95	0.11	8.33	<0.001
Age			0.01	0.04	0.19	0.85
Annual income			0.52	1.18	0.44	0.66
Employment level			0.87	1.42	0.62	0.54
General impact of COVID on mental health			−0.33	0.64	−0.52	0.60
COVID-related financial stress			−1.00	0.43	−2.31	0.02
DV: Symptoms of anxiety/depression	F	R 2	b	SE	t	p
	18.88	0.37				<0.001
Job satisfaction			−0.17	0.05	−3.28	0.001
Meaning in life			−0.12	0.03	−4.59	<0.001
Age			−0.03	0.02	−1.74	0.08
Annual income			−0.27	0.47	0.58	0.56
Employment level			0.02	0.56	0.03	0.98
General impact of COVID on mental health			1.20	0.25	4.77	<0.001
COVID-related financial stress			0.33	0.17	1.88	0.06
Bootstrap results for indirect effect			Effect	SE	LLCI	ULCI
Job satisfaction via Meaning in life			−0.12	0.03	−0.22	−0.04
DV: Anger	F	R 2	b	SE	t	p
	7.12	0.18				<0.001
Job satisfaction			−0.11	0.07	−1.52	0.13
Meaning in life			−0.13	0.04	−3.65	<0.001
Age			0.00	0.02	0.06	0.95
Annual income			−0.33	0.65	−0.51	0.61
Employment level			−0.18	0.78	−0.23	0.82
General impact of COVID on mental health			0.99	0.35	2.82	<0.01
COVID-related financial stress			0.23	0.24	0.98	0.33
Bootstrap results for indirect effect			Effect	SE	LLCI	ULCI
Job satisfaction via Meaning in life			−0.13	0.04	−0.25	−0.02

Note: The number of bootstrap samples = 10,000; 99% bias-corrected confidence intervals.