Table 5 Correlations between the DASS-42 and PQ-16 at the four time points, and various indices of social contacts, and concern regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on corresponding time points.

From: Facing the pandemic and lockdown: an insight on mental health from a longitudinal study using diaries

N = 107

Levels of concern regarding the pandemic

Loneliness

Social Network Index

Total number of contacts

Number of embedded networks

Diversity of contacts

T1 DASS-42

r = 0.31**

T1 PQ-16

r = 0.27*

T2 DASS-42

r = 0.29**

r = 0.25*

r = −0.32**

r = −0.32**

T2 PQ-16

T3 DASS-42

r = 0.31**

r = −0.25*

T3 PQ-16

r = 0.32**

T4 DASS-42

r = 0.35***

r = −0.27*

T4 PQ-16

r = 0.34**

  1. *p < 0.01; **p < 0.005; ***p < 0.001 (Pearson correlations; we discarded correlations that did not survive the FDR correction).