Is Anxiety Sensitivity Associated with COVID-19 Related Distress and Adherence among Emerging Adults?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Population
2.2. Data Collection Tools and Techniques
2.3. Measures
2.3.1. Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS)
2.3.2. Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10)
2.3.3. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)
2.3.4. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
2.3.5. COVID Stress Scales-Brief (CSS-B)
2.3.6. COVID-19 Adherence Scale (CAD)
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Mean (±SEM) |
---|---|
Age | 19.27 (0.04) |
Anxiety sensitivity | 13.43 (0.07) |
Neuroticism | 3.37 (0.02) |
COVID-19-specific distress | 11.80 (0.25) |
General distress—Anxiety | 9.87 (0.15) |
General distress—Depression | 11.05 (0.17) |
COVID-19 adherence | 2.46 (0.04) |
Sex | N (%) |
Male | 270 (20.5) |
Female | 1046 (79.4) |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) Anxiety sensitivity | — | |||||
(2) Neuroticism | 0.44 ** | — | ||||
(3) COVID-19 specific distress | 0.29 ** | 0.12 ** | — | |||
(4) General distress—anxiety | 0.37 ** | 0.51 ** | 0.30 ** | — | ||
(5) General distress—depression | 0.27 ** | 0.35 ** | 0.26 ** | 0.72 ** | — | |
(6) COVID-19 adherence | 0.04 | 0.07 * | 0.19 *** | 0.05 | 0.06 * | — |
General Distress—Anxiety (GAD-7) # | General Distress—Depression (PHQ-9) ## | |||
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Model 0 a | Model I b | Model 0 a | Model I b | |
Characteristics | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) |
Individual level | ||||
Age | 0.09 (−0.10; 0.30) | 0.13 (−0.12; 0.38) | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | Ref | Ref | ||
Female | 0.97 (0.29; 1.65) * | 1.61 (0.77; 2.45) ** | ||
Anxiety sensitive | 0.35 (0.24; 0.45) ** | 0.32 (0.19; 0.45) ** | ||
Neuroticism | 2.43 (2.14; 2.73) ** | 1.84 (1.47; 2.20) ** | ||
Measure of variation | ||||
Variance (SD) | 0.03 (0.17) | 0.29 (0.54) | 0.21 (0.46) | 0.28 (0.53) |
ICC (%) | 0.00 | 1.31 | 0.52 | 0.81 |
PCV (%) | Ref | −866.66 | Ref | −33.33 |
Model fit statistics | ||||
AIC | 8352 | 7596.37 | 8658.87 | 8129.31 |
Model 0 a | Model I b | Model II c | Model III d | |
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Characteristics | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) |
Individual level | ||||
Age | 0.34 (−0.03; 0.73) | 0.52 (0.13; 0.91) * | 0.37 (0.19; −0.11) | |
Sex | ||||
Male | Ref | Ref | Ref | |
Female | 1.19 (−0.05; 2.43) | 2.34 (1.11; 3.56) ** | 1.21 (−0.03; 2.45) | |
Anxiety sensitivity | 0.91 (0.72; 1.11) ** | - | 0.91 (0.72; 1.11) ** | |
Neuroticism | −0.05 (−0.59; 0.48) | - | −0.05 (−0.59; 0.48) | |
Individual level (mean by site) | ||||
Anxiety sensitivity (mean by site) | 8.00 (4.67; 11.33) * | 7.29 (3.31; 11.26) | ||
Neuroticism (mean by site) | 24.84 (10.02; 39.67) | 27.06 (9.23; 44.89) | ||
Measure of variation | ||||
Variance (SD) | 6.18 (2.49) | 5.28 (2.30) | 0.68 (0.82) | 1.15 (1.07) |
ICC (%) | 6.87 | 6.61 | 0.82 | 1.5 |
PCV (%) | Ref | 14.56 | 8.89 | 81.39 |
Model fit statistics | ||||
AIC | 9590.86 | 9131.93 | 9544.38 | 9125.82 |
Indirect Effect [β (95% CI)] | Direct Effect [β (95% CI)] | ||||
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Predictor | Mediator | Path |a| (Effect of AS on Mediator) | Path|b| (Unique Effect of the Mediator on COVID-19 Adherence) | Path |ab| (Indirect Effect) | Path |c| (Effect of AS to COVID-19 Adherence) |
Anxiety Sensitivity | COVID-19- specific distress | 0.99 (0.81; 1.16) * | 0.02 (−0.03; −0.01) * | 0.02 (−0.03; −0.01) * | 0.01 (−0.02; 0.05) |
Anxiety symptoms | 0.81 (0.70; 0.91) * | 0.01 (−0.01; 0.02) | 0.01 (−0.01; 0.02) | ||
Depressive symptoms | 0.70 (0.58; 0.82) * | 0.00 (−0.02; 0.01) | 0.00 (−0.01; 0.01) |
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Yunus, F.M.; Livet, A.; Mahmoud, A.; Moore, M.; Murphy, C.B.; Nogueira-Arjona, R.; Thompson, K.; Keough, M.T.; Krank, M.D.; Conrod, P.J.; et al. Is Anxiety Sensitivity Associated with COVID-19 Related Distress and Adherence among Emerging Adults? Psych 2022, 4, 934-951. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych4040069
Yunus FM, Livet A, Mahmoud A, Moore M, Murphy CB, Nogueira-Arjona R, Thompson K, Keough MT, Krank MD, Conrod PJ, et al. Is Anxiety Sensitivity Associated with COVID-19 Related Distress and Adherence among Emerging Adults? Psych. 2022; 4(4):934-951. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych4040069
Chicago/Turabian StyleYunus, Fakir Md., Audrey Livet, Aram Mahmoud, Mackenzie Moore, Clayton B. Murphy, Raquel Nogueira-Arjona, Kara Thompson, Matthew T. Keough, Marvin D. Krank, Patricia J. Conrod, and et al. 2022. "Is Anxiety Sensitivity Associated with COVID-19 Related Distress and Adherence among Emerging Adults?" Psych 4, no. 4: 934-951. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych4040069