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Table 4 Total, direct and indirect effects of minority groups on changes in mental well-being via pandemic-related stressors

From: Changes in young adults' mental well-being before and during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: disparities between ethnic groups in Germany

 

Anxiety

Depression

Asia

 Total effect

0.17 (0.09)

0.11 (0.13)

 Direct effect

0.02 (0.12)

− 0.07 (0.13)

 Total indirect

0.15 (0.07)*

0.18 (0.07)*

 Specific indirect effects via

  Financial worries

0.01 (0.02)

0.01 (0.02)

  Health worries

0.08 (0.03)**

0.05 (0.02)*

  Increase in discrimination

0.06 (0.06)

0.13 (0.06)*

  No change in discrimination

0.00 (0.00)

− 0.00 (0.00)

  Contact with COVID-19

− 0.01 (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

Turkey/ME/Africa

 Total effect

0.14 (0.07)*

0.07 (0.09)

 Direct effect

0.07 (0.07)

0.00 (0.09)

 Total indirect

0.07 (0.03)*

0.07 (0.03)*

 Specific indirect effects via

  Financial worries

0.01 (0.01)

0.01 (0.01)

  Health worries

0.06 (0.02)**

0.03 (0.01)*

  Increase in discrimination

0.01 (0.01)

0.02 (0.01)

  No change in discrimination

− 0.00 (0.01)

0.01 (0.01)

  Contact with COVID-19

− 0.01 (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

  1. Table shows unstandardized effects and standard errors in parentheses
  2. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001