Perceived changes of specific attitudes, perceptions and behaviors during the Corona pandemic and their relation to wellbeing

Büssing, Arndt; Rodrigues Recchia, Daniela; Hein, Rudolf; Dienberg, Thomas

doi:10.1186/s12955-020-01623-6

Table 3 Strength of perceived changes within different sub-groups

From: Perceived changes of specific attitudes, perceptions and behaviors during the Corona pandemic and their relation to wellbeing

		Perceived changes
		Nature/Silence/Contemplation	Spirituality	Relationships	Reflection on life	Digital media usage	Restrictions
		60.28	47.66	65.74	55.06	57.99	42.54
		20.50	25.95	18.26	25.42	23.57	27.40
Gender
Female	Mean	62.15	48.92	66.65	57.07	58.32	42.45
	SD	20.79	26.07	18.29	25.27	24.38	27.58
Male	Mean	56.55	45.20	63.86	50.93	57.30	42.57
	SD	19.41	25.57	18.10	25.28	21.93	26.86
F value		20.26	5.51	6.23	15.71	0.49	0.01
p value		< .0001	.019	.013	< .0001	n.s	n.s
Age cohorts
< 30 years	Mean	54.27	30.35	63.70	52.59	57.50	51.99
	SD	19.37	24.50	16.79	25.00	23.64	27.65
30–40 years	Mean	52.29	35.93	61.60	45.20	57.82	43.29
	SD	20.97	27.10	19.20	26.60	21.69	27.51
41–50 years	Mean	57.98	46.89	64.13	51.04	57.41	44.26
	SD	21.09	25.27	18.02	26.15	24.24	28.81
51–60 years	Mean	61.92	51.71	66.97	55.65	57.70	40.64
	SD	20.19	22.60	18.34	24.47	24.02	25.68
61–70 years	Mean	63.70	51.89	66.26	58.43	57.93	40.36
	SD	18.85	22.92	17.64	23.79	22.18	28.34
> 70 years	Mean	70.54	65.14	72.28	70.54	60.82	33.96
	SD	17.80	26.43	18.62	22.20	26.09	23.78
F value		14.93	35.84	5.18	14.51	0.33	6.51
p value		< .0001	< .0001	< .0001	< .0001	n.s	< .0001
Religious
Living in Monastery	Mean	65.52	63.37	66.86	60.68	61.49	35.62
	SD	21.09	21.41	18.63	25.30	25.84	25.89
All other	Mean	59.51	45.36	65.58	54.25	57.50	43.52
	SD	20.31	25.77	18.21	25.34	23.20	27.48
F value		11.73	68.74	0.65	8.60	3.76	11.07
p value		.001	< .0001	n.s	.003	.053	.001
Faith as a strong hold
Does not apply	Mean	52.72	19.50	60.02	46.94	54.22	43.82
	SD	22.37	22.88	20.20	28.18	24.03	28.44
Partly	Mean	58.30	44.05	65.01	55.68	56.95	47.32
	SD	18.76	19.22	16.00	23.82	22.11	26.86
Applies	Mean	64.45	60.91	68.62	58.24	60.28	39.81
	SD	19.63	19.77	17.79	24.31	24.04	26.84
F value		33.13	377.52	21.22	18.40	6.46	8.43
p value		< .0001	< .0001	< .0001	< .0001	.002	< .0001
Wellbeing (WHO-5)
Scores < 13	Mean	55.42	45.05	63.26	60.41	56.80	57.50
	SD	19.51	24.72	16.68	24.56	23.09	27.04
Scores 13–18	Mean	59.16	46.36	65.56	53.08	58.08	41.14
	SD	19.70	25.30	18.32	25.22	22.69	25.12
Scores > 18	Mean	66.08	51.67	68.38	52.66	59.06	30.06
	SD	20.97	27.38	19.16	25.76	25.09	23.64
F value		26.90	6.96	7.32	11.19	0.84	108.68
p value		< .0001	.001	.001	< .0001	n.s	< .0001

Differences p < 0.01 are highlighted (bold)

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