Adversity coping capability and its associations with mental health and family wellbeing amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong

Table 5 Adjusted squared multiple regression coefficients for mental health and family wellbeing (n = 937)

	Anxiety symptoms	Depressive symptoms	Personal loneliness	Personal happiness	Family happiness	Family wellbeing	Family communication quality
Step 1 R²_adj	0.049	0.044	0.043	0.035	0.050	0.061	0.052
Step 2 R²_adj	0.117	0.124	0.126	0.116	0.105	0.120	0.096
ΔR²	0.068	0.080	0.083	0.082	0.056	0.059	0.044
F change	56.15	67.00	69.56	67.85	45.65	49.33	35.88
P	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Step 3 R²_adj	0.178	0.159	0.159	0.198	0.159	0.185	0.151
ΔR²	0.061	0.035	0.033	0.082	0.054	0.065	0.055
F change	54.54	30.27	28.89	74.81	46.83	58.18	47.68
P	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Step 2’ R²_adj	0.117	0.125	0.127	0.116	0.106	0.120	0.096
ΔR²	0.068	0.081	0.085	0.082	0.057	0.059	0.044
F change	28.25	33.62	35.48	33.88	23.23	24.63	17.95
P	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Step 3’ R²_adj	0.178	0.159	0.162	0.198	0.161	0.185	0.151
ΔR²	0.061	0.035	0.034	0.082	0.055	0.065	0.056
F change	54.13	29.97	29.77	74.90	47.78	58.25	48.01
P	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

ACC-1, the one-item adversity coping capability scale
CD-RISC2, the 2-item abbreviated version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale
CD-RISC2-a, ‘Able to adapt to change’, the item for adaptation from CD-RISC2
CD-RISC2-r, ‘Tend to bounce back after illness or hardship’, the item for recovery from CD-RISC2
Step 1, only sociodemographic characteristics including sex, age, education, employment status, monthly household income, housing type, and number of cohabitants (excluding self). Step 2, adding CD-RISC2. Step 3, adding ACC-1
Step 2’, adding CD-RISC2-a and CD-RISC2-r. Step 3’, adding ACC-1

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