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
	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.