Perceived life threat in children during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms

Table 4 Life threat associations with child psychological functioning

Variable	b	SE b	β
PTSS		R² = 0.27***
Child demographics
Sex	1.36	2.42	0.05
Age	0.52	0.26	0.16*
Person of color	1.92	2.55	0.06
Self-PLT	17.58	4.72	0.32***
Family-PLT	7.77	2.59	0.26**
ALT	− 7.69	5.22	− 0.12
Depression		R² = .22***
Child demographics
Sex	− 0.39	0.78	− 0.04
Age	0.40	0.08	0.37***
Person of color	0.89	0.81	0.09
Self-PLT	3.64	1.36	0.22**
Family-PLT	1.13	0.83	0.11
ALT	0.36	1.66	0.02
Anxiety		R² = 0.22***
Child demographics
Sex	1.14	0.82	0.11
Age	0.28	0.09	0.25**
Person of color	0.32	0.86	0.03
Self-PLT	1.88	1.45	0.11
Family-PLT	3.32	0.88	0.31***
ALT	− 0.25	1.77	− 0.01
Impairment		R² = 0.29***
Child demographics
Sex	0.12	0.71	0.01
Age	0.17	0.08	0.18*
Person of color	− 0.22	0.74	− 0.02
Self-PLT	5.95	1.44	0.36***
Family-PLT	2.32	0.76	0.26**
ALT	− 1.11	1.64	− 0.06

For “sex,” female = 1. For “person of color” variable, person of color = 1 and non-Hispanic White = 0. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05

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