Table 4 Estimates of the study model and the mediating effects.

From: Effects of COVID-19-related stress and fear on depression in schizophrenia patients and the general population

 

Patients with schizophrenia

General population

Path

B

β

S.E.

C.R.

B

β

S.E.

C.R.

COVID-19Fear → Depression

0.014

0.021

0.021

0.657

0.050

0.070

0.019

2.621*

COVID-19Fear → Loneliness

0.100

0.218

0.019

5.382***

0.021

0.035

0.019

1.086

Loneliness → Depression

1.037

0.656

0.061

16.992***

0.703

0.578

0.035

20.045***

COVID-19Stress → Depression

0.091

0.111

0.028

3.281***

0.194

0.238

0.025

7.810***

COVID-19Stress → Loneliness

0.115

0.220

0.022

5.262***

0.184

0.274

0.024

7.644***

COVID-19Fear ↔ COVID-19Stress

0.586

0.645

0.036

16.123***

0.359

0.568

0.022

16.458***

Control variables

Gender → COVID-19Fear

−0.125

−0.081

0.123

−1.016

−0.136

−0.105

0.128

−1.062

Gender → COVID-19Stress

−0.139

−0.090

0.094

−1.477

−0.155

−0.114

0.141

−1.099

Gender → Loneliness

−0.094

−0.073

0.065

−1.446

−0.068

−0.060

0.072

−0.094

Gender → Depression

−0.075

−0.069

0.093

−0.806

−0.175

−0.118

0.103

−1.697

Age → COVID-19Fear

0.479

0.299

0.172

2.785*

0.434

0.295

0.168

2.583*

Age → COVID-19Stress

0.095

0.077

0.104

0.911

0.369

0.264

0.153

2.410*

Age → Loneliness

0.088

0.071

0.112

0.784

−0.428

−0.310

0.143

−2.993**

Age → Depression

0.081

0.065

0.129

0.626

−0.625

−0.523

0.074

−8.445***

Marital status → COVID-19Fear

0.293

0.172

0.438

0.668

0.372

0.199

0.185

2.011*

Marital status → COVID-19Stress

0.186

0.119

0.252

0.737

0.389

0.208

0.210

1.852*

Marital status → Loneliness

−0.363

−0.302

0.059

−6.151***

−0.475

−0.364

0.055

−8.636***

Marital status → Depression

0.299

0.187

0.333

0.896

−0.267

−0.228

0.053

−5.038***

Educational level → COVID-19Fear

0.105

0.029

1.112

0.093

0.093

0.030

0.082

1.132

Educational level → COVID-19Stress

0.081

0.027

0.192

0.421

0.078

0.023

0.135

0.576

Educational level → Loneliness

0.202

0.082

0.378

0.534

0.036

0.011

0.054

0.666

Educational level → Depression

−0.309

−0.179

0.063

−4.903***

−0.401

−0.294

0.056

−7.160***

Job → COVID-19Fear

−0.292

−0.093

0.518

−0.563

−0.412

−0.373

0.269

−1.531

Job → COVID-19Stress

0.384

−0.099

0.579

−0.663

−0.623

−0.588

0.184

−3.386*

Job → Loneliness

−0.517

−0.468

0.078

−6.626***

−0.861

−0.724

0.083

−10.373***

Job → Depression

−0.831

−0.678

0.104

−7.990***

−0.921

−0.870

0.088

−10.466***

Mediating effect

β

S.E.

95%CI

P

β

S.E.

95%CI

P

COVID-19Fear → Loneliness→ Depression

0.143

0.028

(0.085, 0.197)

0.002

0.020

0.020

(−0.023, 0.056)

0.420

COVID-19Stress → Loneliness→ Depression

0.144

0.029

(0.093, 0.208)

0.001

0.158

0.021

(0.121, 0.201)

0.001

Goodness of fit

χ2

1667.870 (p = 0.000, df = 269)

2160.057 (p = 0.000, df = 269)

TLI

0.923

0.905

CFI

0.931

0.915

RMSEA

0.062

0.059

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  2. B unstandardized estimate, β standardized estimate, S.E. standard error, C.R. critical ratio
  3. 95%CI 95% Confidence Interval Bias-corrected, df degree of freedom, CFI Comparative fit index, TLI Tucker-Lewis Index, RMSEA Root Mean Square Error of Approximation
  4. Sociodemographic characteristics were controlled when analyzing the direct and indirect effects.