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Table 4 Spearman’s correlation coefficients between fear of COVID-19, depression severity and the other variables in healthy controls controlling for age and sex

From: Primary emotions as predictors for fear of COVID-19 in former inpatients with Major Depressive Disorder and healthy control participants

 

Fear of COVID-19

95% CI for correlation coefficients

Depression severity

95% CI for correlation coefficients

r (pBH)

Lower

Upper

r (pBH)

Lower

Upper

Depression severity

.17(.746)

−.13

.45

   

Fear of infecting others

.55(.001)**

.30

.73

.18(.746)

−.12

.46

Financial hardships

−.06(.960)

−.35

.24

−.04(.976)

−.34

.26

Fear of unemployment

.12(.850)

−.18

.40

.26(.469)

−.04

.51

Stress due to social distancing

.16(.794)

−.14

.44

.36(.115)

.07

.60

Stress due to restrictions with respect to leisure time activities

.18(.746)

−.13

.45

.42(.043)*

.14

.64

Psychological strain due to other circumstances

−.06(.960)

−.35

.24

.64(< .001)***

.42

.79

Suppression

.01(.999)

−.29

.31

.27(.442)

−.03

.52

Reappraisal

−.01(.999)

−.31

.28

.01(.999)

−.30

.29

  1. Note. pBH refers to p-values (two-tailed) controlled for FDR. Depression severity, suppression and reappraisal during the pandemic. * pBH < .05, ** pBH < .01, *** pBH < .001. COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019