COVID-19 and Its Lockdown in Belgium: How Limited Access to Environmental Satisfaction Impacts Emotions?

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Sociodemographic characteristics.

		n	%
Gender	Male	267	28.2
Gender	Female	681	71.8
Marital status	Single	230	24.3
	Single, with children	54	5.7
	In a relationship	325	34.3
	In a relationship, with children	339	35.8
Working status	As usual	206	21.7
	Homeworking	452	47.7
	Technichal lay-off	33	3.5
	Unemployment	124	13.1
	Student	132	13.9
	Other (i.e., retired, on sick leave)	1	0.1

Comparison of the psychological state between last week and in general.

		RANGE	LAST WEEK	GENERAL STATE	t (df)	p
		RANGE	M (SD)	M (SD)	t (df)	p
Emotions	Joy	1–7	3.66 (1.37)	4.21 (1.34)	–13.93 (947)	<0.0001
	Anger	1–7	3.40 (1.36)	2.24 (1.05)	30.44 (947)	<0.0001
	Fear	1–7	3.60 (1.50)	3.13 (1.40)	12.71 (947)	<0.0001
	Sadness	1–7	2.49 (1.34)	1.86 (1.00)	18.46 (947)	<0.0001
	Disgust	1–7	2.47 (1.71)	1.80 (1.28)	13.43 (947)	<0.0001
Emotion regulation strategies	Worry	1–5	2.94 (1.01)	3.09 (1.12)	–6.13 (947)	<0.0001
	Positive reappraisal	1–5	4.01 (0.93)	4.06 (0.81)	–1.52 (947)	0.13
	Acceptance	1–5	3.81 (1.01)	3.68 (0.96)	4.51 (947)	<0.0001
Intolerance of uncertainty		1–5	3.63 (1.20)	3.59 (1.15)	1.21 (947)	0.23
Environmental satisfaction		1–5	3.66 (1.00)	4.02 (0.91)	–13.09 (947)	<0.0001

Results of the multiple regression analyses on negative emotions.

DEPENDENT VARIABLE	INDEPENDENT VARIABLES	R²	ADJUSTED R²	STANDARD ERROR OF THE ESTIMATE	F	df	p	β	t	p	COLINEARITY STATISTICS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE	INDEPENDENT VARIABLES	R²	ADJUSTED R²	STANDARD ERROR OF THE ESTIMATE	F	df	p	β	t	p	TOLERANCE	VIF
Negative emotions		0.24	0.23	0.76	58.50	5	<0.0001
	Worry							0.19	5.15	<0.0001	0.61	1.63
	Positive reappraisal							0.06	2.10	0.04	0.88	1.14
	Acceptance							–0.06	–2.18	0.03	0.95	1.05
	Intolerance of uncertainty							0.17	4.83	<0.0001	0.62	1.61
	Environmental satisfaction							–0.26	–7.91	<0.0001	0.77	1.31

Results of the multiple regression analyses on positive emotions.

DEPENDENT VARIABLE	Independent variables	R²	ADJUSTED R²	STANDARD ERROR OF THE ESTIMATE	F	df	p	β	t	p	COLINEARITY STATISTICS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE	Independent variables	R²	ADJUSTED R²	STANDARD ERROR OF THE ESTIMATE	F	df	p	β	t	p	TOLERANCE	VIF
Positive emotions		0.15	0.14	1.24	32.91	5	0.0001
	Worry							–0.00	–0.05	0.96	0.61	1.63
	Positive reappraisal							0.13	3.90	<0.0001	0.88	1.14
	Acceptance							–0.02	–0.52	0.60	0.95	1.05
	Intolerance of uncertainty							0.02	0.53	0.60	0.62	1.61
	Environmental satisfaction							0.34	9.75	<0.0001	0.77	1.31