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Emotional state, life satisfaction and worries regarding COVID-19 in Spanish and Chilean adolescents during Spring 2020 Cover

Emotional state, life satisfaction and worries regarding COVID-19 in Spanish and Chilean adolescents during Spring 2020

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|Dec 2022

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Differences between boys and girls in emotional state, life satisfaction and worries about COVID-19 in Spain and Chile_

SpainChile
Questionnaire and variableGirls M (SD)Boys M (SD)tpCohen’s dGirls M (SD)Boys M (SD)tpCohen’s d
DASS-21
Depression11.087.673.63.000.3621.5615.503.69.000.49
(10.02)(9.12) (11.87)(12.78)
Anxiety8.936.533.05.002.2815.547.007.36.000.88
(9.36)(7.47) (11.06)(8.06)
Stress14.8711.233.80.000.3818.6711.404.83.000.69
(10.02)(9.19) (11.09)(10.10)
SWLS24.2924.50-.34.74-.0319.8121.17-1.28.207-.19
(6.32)(6.75) (6.48)(7.89)
W-COV
Health14.7412.764.96.000.4815.8213.653.93.000.51
(3.84)(4.39) (3.97)(4.53)
Economy13.2111.663.86.000.3816.6212.376.97.000.95
(4.03)(4.11) (4.45)(4.46)
Psychosocial16.5314.144.81.000.4719.8215.136.16.000.82
(5.04)(5.07) (5.49)(5.95)

Descriptive statistics and distribution of participants to symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress in Spain and Chile

SpainChile
Severity of symptomsDepression n (%)Anxiety n (%)Stress n (%)Depression n (%)Anxiety n (%)Stress n (%)
Normal276 (52.1%)286 (54%)285 (53.8%)106 (19.3%)173 (31.6%)245 (44.7%)
Mild58 (10.9%)29 (5.5%)63 (11.9%)55 (10%)32 (5.8%)57 (10.4%)
Moderate75 (14.2%)79 (14.9%)66 (12.5%)128 (23.4%)106 (19.3%)90 (16.4%)
Severe32 (6%)29 (5.5%)48 (9.1%)79 (14.4%)61 (11.1%)88 (16.1%)
Very severe42 (7.9%)60 (11.3%)21 (4%)180 (32.8%)176 (32.1%)68 (12.4%)
Missing values47 (8.9%)47 (8.9%)47 (8.9%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)
Total483 (91.1%)483 (91.1%)483 (91.1%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)

Differences in emotional state, COVID-19 and life satisfaction in Spain and Chile_

Questionnaire and VariableRangetCohen’s dM Spain (SD)M Chile (SD)
Emotional state (DASS-21)
Depression0-42-16.08-1.0010.06 (9.95)21.14 (12.16)
Anxiety0-42-10.76-.678.22 (8.87)14.96 (11.21)
Stress0-42-6.74-.4213.68 (10.00)18.14 (11.24)
Satisfaction with life (SWLS)5-3511.11.9524.32 (6.44)19.77 (2.04)
Worries about COVID-19 (W-COV)
Health5-25-6.01-.3814.02 (4.17)15.59 (4.08)
Economy5-25-12.6-.8012.67 (4.15)16.17 (4.60)
Psychosocial6-30-10.71-.6815.67 (5.15)19.35 (5.68)

Descriptive statistics and frequency analysis of Spanish and Chilean participants

Demographic variablesSpain n (%) o M (SD)Chile n (%) o M (SD)
Country of residence during lockdown530 (49.2%)548 (50.8%)
Gender
Female322 (63.2%)467 (85.2%)
Male189 (35.7%)60 (10.9%)
Other2 (0.4%)21 (3.8%)
Missing values4 (0.8%)0 (0%)
Age (range=12-17 years old)14.84 (1.19)15.51 (1.21)
Occupational status
Student202 (38.1%)499 (91.1%)
Worker0 (0%)2 (0.4%)
Student and Worker6 (1.1%)10 (1.8%)
None of the two options5 (0.9%)37 (6.8%)
Missing values317 (59.8%)0 (0%)

Linear regressions of COVID-19 worries and psychological variables in Chile_

Life satisfactionDepressionAnxietyStress
βR2Cohen’s f2βR2Cohen’s f2βR2Cohen’s f2βR2Cohen’s f2
Model .11.12 .23.30 .24.32 .30.43
WCOV Health.16** -.13** -.03 -.13**
WCOV Economy-.16** .11* .11* .10*
WCOV Psychosocial-.31*** .49*** .44*** .56***

Linear regressions of COVID-19 worries and psychological variables in Spain_

Life satisfactionDepressionAnxietyStress
βR2Cohen’s f2βR2Cohen’s f2βR2Cohen’s f2βR2Cohen’s f2
Model .07.08 .21.27 .20.25 .23.30
WCOV Health.20** -.20** -.15* -.12*
WCOV Economy-.19** .22*** .16** .11*
WCOV Psychosocial-.22** .42*** .43*** .48***
Language: English
Page range: 144 - 152
Published on: Dec 31, 2022
Published by: Psychiatric Research Unit
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2022 Víctor Ciudad-Fernández, Konstanze Schoeps, Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla, published by Psychiatric Research Unit
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