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Table 10 Negative emotional wellbeing outcomes by worry group (simple classification)

From: Functional and dysfunctional fear of COVID-19: a classification scheme

 

Dependent variable

Emotion score

(1)

(2)

Functional worry

0.968 (0.022)

0.985 (0.027)

p = 0.145

p = 0.586

Dysfunctional worry

1.212 (0.022)

1.204 (0.027)

p = 0.000***

p = 0.000***

Had COVID -19

 

0.982 (0.031)

p = 0.550

Affected by COVID-19

 

1.056 (0.016)

p = 0.0005***

Age 25–44

 

0.959 (0.029)

p = 0.149

Age 45–64

 

0.889 (0.031)

p = 0.0002***

Age 65+

 

0.816 (0.043)

p = 0.00001***

Female

 

1.004 (0.022)

p = 0.842

White

 

1.099 (0.039)

p = 0.015**

Key worker

 

1.010 (0.004)

p = 0.019**

Cardiff

 

0.956 (0.046)

p = 0.329

Edinburgh

 

0.912 (0.048)

p = 0.057*

Glasgow

 

0.977 (0.046)

p = 0.621

Leeds

 

1.001 (0.046)

p = 0.984

Liverpool

 

0.955 (0.048)

p = 0.338

London

 

0.990 (0.048)

p = 0.840

Manchester

 

1.011 (0.048)

p = 0.826

Newcastle

 

1.026 (0.048)

p = 0.590

Sheffield

 

0.910 (0.049)

p = 0.056*

Constant

14.312 (0.016)

13.654 (0.134)

p = 0.000***

p = 0.000***

Observations

1067

786

Log Likelihood

− 2479.504

− 1647.208

theta

177.845* (105.666)

133,269.500 (1,263,562.000)

Akaike Inf. Crit.

4965.008

3334.417

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001