A chain mediation model on COVID-19 symptoms and mental health outcomes in Americans, Asians and Europeans

Table 1 Descriptive statistics and correlations of mean average score per item among subscales for all participants in 8 countries (N = 4612).

Sub-scales	M ± SD	1	2	3	4	5	6
1.Perceived psychological impact of COVID-19	2.24 ± 1.27	1
2.DASS-21 Stress	1.75 ± 1.03	.539**	1
3.DASS-21 Anxiety	1.90 ± 1.36	.539**	.735**	1
4.DASS-21 Depression	1.78 ± 1.21	.485**	.767**	.723**	1
5.Physical symptoms resembling COVID-19 infection	1.06 ± 1.43	.157**	.198**	.231**	.172**	1
6.The need for health information	7.58 ± 3.42	.172**	-0.003	.055**	-0.001	.096**	1

^†M refers to the mean average score per subscale. Mean average score = total score of subscale/number of items of a subscale.
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.