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. 2021 Nov 4;12(1):1984050. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2021.1984050

Table 2.

Correlations between mental health and wellbeing and potential risk and resilience factors

  1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Mental health and well-being            
 1. Posttraumatic symptoms (PC-PTSD-5) 1          
 2. Adjustment disorder symptoms (ADNM-8) .42** 1        
 3. Depression (DASS) .47** .38** 1      
 4. Anxiety (DASS) .41** .38** .67** 1    
 5. Stress (DASS) .41** .36** .75** .65** 1  
 6. Well-being (WHO-5) −.37** −.26** −.28** −.22** −.27** 1
Sociodemographic variables            
 Age −.03 .05 −.10** −.10** −.10** .02
 Female .05 .05 .01 .01 .04 .01
 High education −.07 −.03 −.01 .01 .00 .05
 Above average income .00 −.10** −.06* −.10** −.06* .10**
 Student −.02 −.03 .06 .04 .05 −.02
 Employed .01 −.03 −.05 −.02 −.06* .07*
 Retired −.04 .03 −.03 −.03 −.02 −.01
 Seeking work −.01 .02 .04 .02 .04 −.06*
Bio-psychosocial system            
 Current health −.21** −.26** −.17** −.21** −.16** .36**
 Previous mental health diagnosis .19** .12** .12** .12** .12** −.17**
 Risk group for severe Covid-19 .04 .11** .05 .04 .04 −.12**
 Exposure to earthquake .03 −.01 −.01 .01 .01 −.04
 Psychological resilience −.16** −.14** −.19** −.15** −.19** .43**
 FTF contact at work .06 .01 .01 .07* .02 .06*
 Health care and emergency services −.04 .00 −.01 .02 .00 .04
 Retail and cleaners .09 .03 .01 .10** .00 −.05
 Reduced monthly income .15** .09** .07* .10** .03 −.06*
 Knows somebody who was infected .02 .06* .10** .09** .09** −.05
Social environment            
 FTF contact more than once a week −.04 −.04 −.02 .03 −.03 .03
 Virtual contact more than once a week .06 .03 .00 .02 .02 .06
 Stable relationship .02 .06* −.02 .04 .02 .10**
 Living with children .03 .05 −.05 −.03 −.04 .01
Societal environment            
 News more than 2 hrs a day .11* .17** .12** .10** .12** −.05
 Living in a large city −.02 .01 −.02 −.03 −.01 −.05

* p < .05, ** p < .01.