. 2020 Nov 12;2:100023. doi: 10.1016/j.jadr.2020.100023

Table 5.

Testing the mediation hypothesis with meaning made as the mediator.

		Model predicting meaning made				Model predicting personal health questionnaire-4				Model predicting coronavirus anxiety scale 2
	Pr	Coeff	SE	p	Pr	Coeff	SE	P	Pr	Coeff	SE	p
COVID diagnosis	a	−2.43^⁎⁎⁎	0.41	<.001	c’	1.53^⁎⁎⁎	0.23	<.001	c’	4.98^⁎⁎⁎	0.33	<.001
Meaning made		___	___	___	b	−.18^⁎⁎⁎	0.01	<.001	b	−.26^⁎⁎⁎	0.02	<.001
		R² = .02^⁎⁎⁎				R² = .12^⁎⁎⁎				R² = .19^⁎⁎
COVID death	a	−.90^⁎⁎⁎	0.11	<.001	c’	.50^⁎⁎⁎	0.06	<.001	c’	1.37^⁎⁎⁎	0.09	<.001
Meaning made		___	___	___	b	−.17^⁎⁎⁎	0.01	<.001	b	−.25^⁎⁎⁎	0.02	<.001
		R² = .03^⁎⁎⁎				R² = .12^⁎⁎⁎				R² = .18^⁎⁎⁎
Unemployment	a	−2.03^⁎⁎⁎	0.32	<.001	c’	1.21^⁎⁎⁎	0.18	<.001	c’	0.68^⁎	0.27	<.05
Meaning made		___	___	___	b	−.18^⁎⁎⁎	0.01	<.001	b	−.29^⁎⁎⁎	0.02	<.001
		R² = .02^⁎⁎⁎				R² = .12^⁎⁎⁎				R² =
Childcare loss	a	−.68	0.54	.21	c’	.80^⁎⁎⁎	0.30	<.01	c’	1.43^⁎⁎	0.46	<.01
Meaning made		___	___	___	b	−.19^⁎⁎⁎	0.01	<.001	b	−.29^⁎⁎⁎	0.08	<.001
		R² = .00				R² = 0.10				R² =.11^⁎⁎⁎
Increased living cost	a	−1.01^⁎⁎⁎	0.30	<.001	c’	.82^⁎⁎⁎	0.17	<.001	c’	1.00^⁎⁎⁎	0.25	<.001
Meaning made		___	___	___	b	−.18^⁎⁎⁎	0.01	<.001	b	−.29^⁎⁎⁎	0.02	<.001
		R² = .01^⁎⁎⁎				R² = .11^⁎⁎⁎				R² = .12^⁎⁎⁎

Note. . Pr = Parameter indicated by a, b, or c’ representing each relationship in the mediation model depicted in Fig. 1. Coeff = Regression coefficient for each parameter, a, b, or c^’, in the mediation model depicted in Fig. 1.

^⁎

p < .05.

^⁎⁎

p < .01.

^⁎⁎⁎

p < .001.