Emotions and worries during 1.5 years of the COVID-19 pandemic - how adults with and without mental health conditions coped with the crisis

Table 1 Sample characteristics

	Adults with pre-pandemic mhc (n = 32)	Adults without pre-pandemic mhc (n = 96)	Test statistic	p value	Effect size
Sex, frequency (male/female)	0/32	18/78	X² (1) = 6.98	.006	φ = .23
Age T3, M (SD)	37.41 (9.11)	38.70 (11.07)	t (126) = −.60	.55	d = .12
range	18–54	18–56
	Adults with pre-pandemic mhc (n = 29)	Adults without pre-pandemic mhc (n = 88)	Test statistic	p value	Effect size
Perceived Stress Scale, mean t-value T1 (SD)	62.22 (14.12)	54.40 (12.76)	t (115) = 2.79	.006	d = .60
Perceived Stress Scale, mean t-value T3 (SD)	65.80 (11.98)	56.63 (13.09)	t (115) = 3.34	.001	d = .72

mhc mental health condition. As the PSS-10 was not answered by all included participants, the mean t-values for perceived stress are shown for a smaller subsample with complete perceived stress data

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