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Table 3 Forms of Communication Predicting Sad/Depressed Feelings, Anxiety

From: Older adult communication types and emotional well-being outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic

 

Sadness/Depressed

Anxiety

Variable

B

SE B

β

B

SE B

β

Age

0.01

0.00

0.07*

0.00

0.00

0.03

Gender

0.29

0.05

0.18***

0.19

0.04

0.15***

Marital Status

-0.01

0.05

0.00

0.02

0.04

0.01

Education

0.08

0.04

0.07*

0.02

0.03

0.02

White, non-Hispanic

-0.17

0.13

-0.09

-0.20

0.11

-0.13

Black, non-Hispanic

-0.21

0.14

-0.10

-0.04

0.12

-0.02

Hispanic

0.09

0.17

0.02

0.10

0.15

0.03

During Pandemic ICT

0.05

0.03

0.07*

0.08

0.02

0.12***

During Pandemic In-person social contact

-0.03

0.02

-0.04

-0.04

0.02

-0.08*

ICT Change

      

In-person Change

      

R2

 

0.053

  

0.058***

 
  1. Note. Age is defined as continuous. Gender is defined as male (1) and female (2). Marital status is defined as single (0) and married/together (1). Education is defined as (0) below high school, (1) high school, and (2) above high school. Race/Ethnicity is dummy coded (0/1)
  2. ICT = Information Communication Technology
  3. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.