TABLE 2.
Associations between COVID-19-related stressors and indices of mental health and well-being during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, controlling for pre-pandemic levels of these outcomes
Depression symptoms (PHQ) |
Anxiety symptoms (GAD) |
Satisfaction with life |
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β (SE) | p value | β (SE) | p value | β (SE) | p value | |
January 2020 Score on Outcome | 0.43 (.04) | <.001 | 0.46 (0.04) | <.001 | 0.58 (0.03) | <.001 |
Birth sex (0 = female; 1 = male) | −0.21 (.13) | .093 | −0.54 (0.13) | <.001 | −0.53 (0.49) | .277 |
Age | 0.05 (.03) | .154 | 0.02 (0.03) | .620 | 0.10 (0.13) | .427 |
Race (White = reference) | ||||||
Asian/Asian American | −0.42 (.16) | .009 | −0.45 (0.17) | .007 | 0.11 (0.63) | .860 |
Hispanic/Latinx | −0.34 (.22) | .120 | −0.22 (0.23) | .333 | 0.35 (0.85) | .681 |
Other race ethnicity | −0.33 (.16) | .045 | 0.34 (0.19) | .070 | −0.85 (0.64) | .187 |
Job-related stressors | 0.07 (.07) | .349 | −0.09 (0.07) | .238 | 0.00 (0.27) | .988 |
Social/relational-related stressors | 0.44 (.06) | <.001 | 0.28 (0.07) | <.001 | −0.89 (0.25) | <.001 |
Financial-related stressors | 0.01 (.08) | .834 | 0.18 (0.09) | .043 | −1.18 (0.32) | <.001 |
Illness-related stressors | 0.10 (.07) | .124 | 0.27 (0.07) | <.001 | −0.13 (0.26) | .628 |
Note: N = 519 young adults.