Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

		range (sample)	range (scale)
n	731
gender	515 women (70.45%)
country of residence	Austria: n = 480 (65.66%)
	Italy: n = 225 (30.78%)
	Germany: n = 26 (3.56%)
education	237 (32.42%) postgraduate degree
	189 (25.85) undergraduate degree
	270 (36.93%) high school
	33 (4.51%) middle school
	2 (0.27%) elementary school or none
age (in years)	M = 31.67 (s.d. = 11.74)	[18.00–80.00]
chronic stressa	M = 18.87 (s.d. = 7.34)	[1.00–40.00]	[0.00–40.00]
depressive symptomsb	M = 8.20 (s.d. = 5.19)	[0.00–27.00]	[0.00–27.00]
lonelinessc	M = 38.30 (s.d. = 9.71)	[20.00–72.00]	[20.00–80.00]
financial securityd	M = 58.62 (s.d. = 31.46)	[1.00–100.00]	[0.00–100.00]
COVID-19-related concernse	M = 49.91 (s.d. = 18.49)	[2.75–99.25]	[0.00–100.00]

Note. The following variables were assessed only once at entry/baseline (d,e) or on the final day (a–c) with these questionnaires:

^aPerceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) [29,30].

^bPatient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) [33].

^cThe UCLA Loneliness Scale [31,32].

^dSingle item measure: ‘How financially secure do you feel at the time being?’

^eThe mean of four items measuring COVID-19-related concerns.