Table 2 Intercorrelations among the study variables across the full sample.

From: A Multi-site, longitudinal investigation of emerging adult mental health across multiple stages of the COVID-19 pandemic

Variable (Coding/min–max)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Sociodemographic factors

1. SES (1–10)

–

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

2. Ethnicity (White = 0,Asian = 1)

āˆ’ā€‰.17

–

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

3. Ethnicity (White = 0, not white or Asian = 1)

āˆ’ā€‰.20

–

–

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

4. Gender (Male = 0,female = 1)

.03

.01

.02

–

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Pandemic life circumstances

5. Negative life impacts (1–5)

āˆ’ā€‰.12

āˆ’ā€‰.13

āˆ’ā€‰.01

.07

–

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

6. COVID-19 virus exposure risk (0–7)

āˆ’ā€‰.10

āˆ’ā€‰.27

āˆ’ā€‰.10

.03

.15

–

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Mental health (0–4)

7. T1 Depressive symptoms

āˆ’ā€‰.15

.12

.11

.10

.10

āˆ’ā€‰.01

–

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

8. T2 Depressive symptoms

āˆ’ā€‰.10

āˆ’ā€‰.08

.02

.06

.20

.10

.43

–

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

9. T3 Depressive symptoms

āˆ’ā€‰.23

āˆ’ā€‰.01

.04

.13

.24

.08

.53

.54

–

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

10. T1 anxiety symptoms

āˆ’ā€‰.15

.01

.09

.16

.17

āˆ’ā€‰.01

.65

.33

.45

–

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

11. T2 anxiety symptoms

āˆ’ā€‰.09

āˆ’ā€‰.13

.00

.15

.25

.11

.32

.60

.47

.44

–

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

12. T3 anxiety symptoms

āˆ’ā€‰.14

āˆ’ā€‰.06

.05

.16

.32

.14

.46

.42

.67

.49

.57

–

Ā Ā Ā 

13. T1 life satisfaction

.33

āˆ’ā€‰.12

āˆ’ā€‰.08

.00

āˆ’ā€‰.12

.10

āˆ’ā€‰.51

āˆ’ā€‰.32

āˆ’ā€‰.49

āˆ’ā€‰.41

āˆ’ā€‰.27

āˆ’ā€‰.43

–

Ā Ā 

14. T2 life satisfaction

.26

āˆ’ā€‰.07

āˆ’ā€‰.08

.02

āˆ’ā€‰.16

.08

āˆ’ā€‰.39

āˆ’ā€‰.40

āˆ’ā€‰.45

āˆ’ā€‰.30

āˆ’ā€‰.35

āˆ’ā€‰.44

.71

–

Ā 

15. T3 life satisfaction

.23

āˆ’ā€‰.16

āˆ’ā€‰.01

āˆ’ā€‰.01

āˆ’ā€‰.17

.07

āˆ’ā€‰.36

āˆ’ā€‰.39

āˆ’ā€‰.53

āˆ’ā€‰.26

āˆ’ā€‰.33

āˆ’ā€‰.41

.66

.75

–

  1. Bolded values indicate p < .05. SES = Socioeconomic status; T1 = Before Pandemic (August 2019-February 2020); T2 = Pandemic’s initial stages (April/May 2020); T3 = Later pandemic stage (Fall 2020).