Table 4 Associations of sociodemographic factors, aspects of the personal life situation, attitudes towards COVID-19 and resilience with mental wellbeing in the German old age population (n = 1005; age ≥ 65 years) during COVID-19 lockdown – results of multiple regression analyses

β coef.

SE

p

β coef.

SE

p

β coef.

SE

p

β coef.

SE

p

β coef.

SE

p

 Age

.011

.014

.826

.032

.011

.432

.157

.019

.002

.091

.036

.047

−.063

.010

.231

 Female sex (ref. male)

−.009

.138

.798

.046

.145

.205

.002

.195

.949

.015

.382

.667

.110

.106

.004

 Low

−.058

.179

.149

−.009

.176

.814

−.011

.274

.802

−.031

.503

.440

−.094

.153

.061

 Middle

−.066

.190

.147

−.046

.167

.247

−.043

.259

.336

−.061

.506

.165

−.082

.157

.136

 Single

.085

.367

.085

−.058

.291

.142

−.035

.415

.388

−.006

.863

.878

.070

.295

.229

 Divorced

.068

.272

.094

−.052

.326

.293

−.018

.572

.774

−.003

1.008

.958

.089

.293

.168

 Widowed

.175

.341

.020

−.044

.245

.421

.019

.375

.753

.056

.789

.374

.107

.275

.226

 Living alone (ref. cohabiting)

.059

.320

.435

.058

.231

.296

.062

.388

.351

.069

.788

.305

−.034

.272

.720

 Duration of quarantine measures

−.021

.018

.628

−.028

.013

.358

−.047

.022

.208

−.039

.788

.305

−.031

.013

.494

 Frequency of direct contact with others over past week

.048

.027

.239

.033

.020

.268

.039

.029

.211

.050

.072

.202

.021

.013

.454

 Frequency of indirect contact with others over past week

−.057

.045

.094

−.043

.047

.237

−.033

.069

.382

−.047

.134

.202

.025

.035

.526

 Receiving support in daily activities (ref. yes)

.038

.256

.527

−.015

.375

.708

.011

.705

.771

−.020

.165

.587

 Partial

.042

.302

.360

.028

.184

.331

−.081

.246

.058

−.027

.470

.507

.020

.122

.637

 No

−.005

.174

.905

 Partial

.044

.170

.530

.056

.187

.113

.064

.267

.075

.073

.480

.023

.006

.127

.855

 No

.025

.190

.160

−.033

.166

.339

.046

.262

.241

.025

.494

.499

.057

.155

.224

 Self

.013

.856

.569

.061

1.827

.201

.032

.774

.028

.042

3.268

.173

.063

2.024

.411

 Household/family member

.042

.599

.273

.007

.426

.811

.053

.645

.085

.051

1.290

.088

.047

.358

.171

 Self-isolation (ref. not applicable)

.003

.549

.912

.013

.379

.541

.042

.547

.059

.027

1.040

.211

−.065

.317

.008

 SelfHousehold/family member

−.003

.378

.936

.000

.349

.988

.018

.367

.453

.006

.768

.812

−.033

.255

.337

 Being worried

.076

.054

.038

.096

.056

.012

−.066

.093

.149

.020

.157

.608

.046

.041

.257

 Feeling threatened

.020

.071

.676

.046

.063

.283

.056

.102

.257

.058

.191

.216

−.005

.056

.925

 Feeling threatened due to age

−.002

.070

.972

−.016

.064

.708

−.004

.091

.933

.000

.175

.999

.071

.053

.177

 Feeling threatened due to pre-existing health conditions

.020

.048

.609

−.004

.049

.918

.195

.070

<.001

.106

.127

.004

−.005

.056

.925

 Supportive of the government’s quarantine measures (ref. yes)

.056

.226

.098

.031

.206

.321

.063

.274

.033

.065

.577

.038

.071

.053

.177

 Feeling restricted due to quarantine measures

.108

.050

<.001

.061

.050

.066

−.005

.067

.868

.060

.128

.048

.002

.037

.956

Resilience

−.316

.017

<.001

−.347

.016

<.001

−.229

.023

<.001

−.352

.044

<.001

−.146

.013

<.001

 Constant

3.664

1.184

.002

4.090

1.116

<.001

1.067

1.528

.485

8.704

3.022

.004

5.277

.779

<.001

 R²