Changes in emotions and worries during the Covid-19 pandemic: an online-survey with children and adults with and without mental health conditions

Table 4 Mann–Whitney-U-test comparing emotions and worries of adults with and without mhc as well as children with and without mhc separated in before and during Covid-19

	Adults before Covid-19			Adults during Covid-19			Children before Covid-19			Children during Covid-19
	Z	p	r	Z	p	r	Z	p	r	Z	p	r
Worried	− 2.78	≤ .005	0.13	− 3.48	≤ .005	0.16	− 5.06	≤ .005	0.30	− 0.77	.443	0.05
Enjoy activities	− 5.54	≤ .005	0.26	− 3.28	≤ .005	0.15	− 6.53	≤ .005	0.39	− 2.35	.019	0.14
Concentrated	− 4.39	≤ .005	0.21	− 4.68	≤ .005	0.22	− 3.54	≤ .005	0.21	− 3.64	≤ .005	0.22
Lonely	− 4.51	≤ .005	0.21	− 3.56	≤ .005	0.17	− 3.80	≤ .005	0.23	− 3.09	≤ .005	0.18
Negative thoughts	− 6.11	≤ .005	0.29	− 4.70	≤ .005	0.22	− 4.84	≤ .005	0.29	− 3.67	≤ .005	0.22
Happy or sad	− 7.82	≤ .005	0.37	− 5.37	≤ .005	0.25	− 6.87	≤ .005	0.41	− 4.40	≤ .005	0.26
Relaxed or anxious	− 5.98	≤ .005	0.28	− 4.48	≤ .005	0.21	− 6.10	≤ .005	0.36	− 5.58	≤ .005	0.33
Fidgety or restless	− 4.31	≤ .005	0.20	− 3.56	≤ .005	0.17	− 3.43	≤ .005	0.20	− 3.04	≤ .005	0.18
Fatigued or tired	− 6.49	≤ .005	0.30	− 6.15	≤ .005	0.29	− 2.35	.019	0.14	− 1.72	.085	0.10
Irritable or easy angered	− 4.57	≤ .005	0.21	− 4.55	≤ .005	0.21	− 5.28	≤ .005	0.31	− 3.63	≤ .005	0.22

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