The moderated-mediation role of risk perception and intolerance of uncertainty in the association between residual symptoms and psychological distress: a cross-sectional study after COVID-19 policy lifted in China

Table 3 The moderating role of IU in the mediating effect of risk perception on the relation between residual symptoms and psychological distress (n = 802)

Model 14	Risk perception of COVID-19		Depressive symptoms		Anxiety symptoms		Fear of COVID-19
Variables	β	t	β	t	β	t	β	t
Constant	-0.596	-2.501*	0.118	0.560	0.191	0.916	-0.233	-1.216
Age	0.008	2.835**	-0.007	-2.932**	-0.008	-3.401**	0.006	2.890**
Gender	0.180	2.477*	-0.012	-0.185	0.001	0.018	0.143	2.433*
Financial situation	-0.428	-4.050***	-0.091	-0.962	-0.061	-0.649	-0.083	-0.966
Physical health	0.412	3.294**	0.163	1.453	0.041	0.368	-0.049	-0.483
Residual symptoms	0.497	6.993***	0.321	4.977***	0.276	4.317***	0.031	0.526
Risk perception of COVID-19			0.140	4.076***	0.092	2.700**	0.369	11.797***
IU			0.468	14.422***	0.524	16.331***	0.408	13.824***
Risk perception of COVID-19 x IU			0.057	2.446*	0.079	3.422**	0.001	0.060
R²	0.153		0.370		0.387		0.472
F	28.724		58.151		62.564		88.673

β: Standardized coefficient, R²: Coefficient of Determination, COVID-19: The coronavirus disease 2019, IU: Intolerance of uncertainty, *: P < 0.05, **: P < 0.01, ***: P < 0.001

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