Measuring the Effects of Social Isolation and Dissatisfaction on Depressive Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Moderating Role of Sleep and Physical Activity
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Social Isolation and Satisfaction
2.2.2. Sleep
2.2.3. Physical Activity
2.2.4. Depressive Symptoms
2.3. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics
3.2. Regression Analyses
3.3. Moderation Analyses—Social Isolation
3.4. Moderation Analyses—Social Satisfaction
4. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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n | % | |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Female | 2885 | 78.9 |
Male | 691 | 18.9 |
Transgender Female | 4 | 0.1 |
Transgender Male | 14 | 0.4 |
Gender Variant/Non-Conforming | 42 | 1.1 |
Other | 19 | 0.5 |
Race/Ethnicity | ||
American Indian, Native American, or Alaska Native | 18 | 0.5 |
Asian or Asian American | 150 | 4.1 |
Black, African American, or African | 175 | 4.8 |
Latino or Latina | 117 | 3.2 |
Middle Eastern or Arab | 12 | 0.3 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 5 | 0.1 |
White or Caucasian | 3042 | 83.2 |
Multi-racial | 102 | 2.8 |
Other | 33 | 0.9 |
Marital Status | ||
Married | 1639 | 44.8 |
Widowed | 136 | 3.7 |
Divorced | 506 | 13.8 |
Separated | 52 | 1.4 |
Never Married | 1317 | 36.0 |
Educational History | ||
Less than high school | 11 | 0.3 |
High school graduate | 169 | 4.6 |
Some college | 494 | 13.5 |
2-year degree | 276 | 7.5 |
4-year degree | 1313 | 35.9 |
Professional degree | 1108 | 30.3 |
Doctorate | 272 | 7.4 |
Employment | ||
Unemployed | 1314 | 35.9 |
Employed 1–20 h | 348 | 9.5 |
Employed 20–30 h | 231 | 6.3 |
Employed full time (40+ h) | 1744 | 47.7 |
Work Shift | ||
First (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) | 1964 | 53.7 |
Second (4 p.m.–12 a.m.) | 128 | 3.5 |
Third (12 a.m.–8 a.m.) | 45 | 1.2 |
PTE (less than 3 day per week) | 145 | 4.0 |
Work at home | 949 | 25.9 |
b | t | p-Value | |
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Model 1 | |||
Social Isolation | 0.034 | 43.04 | <0.001 |
Total Wake Time (TWT) | 0.001 | 3.65 | <0.001 |
Sleep Quality (SQ) | −0.272 | −13.25 | <0.001 |
Physical Activity (PA) | −0.001 | −10.35 | <0.001 |
Social Isolation × TWT | 0.00001 | 0.79 | 0.43 |
Social Isolation × SQ | −0.005 | −7.39 | <0.001 |
Social Isolation × PA | −0.00001 | −5.59 | <0.001 |
Model 2 | |||
Social Satisfaction | −0.591 | −41.00 | <0.001 |
Total Wake Time (TWT) | 0.001 | 3.97 | <0.001 |
Sleep Quality (SQ) | −0.249 | −12.22 | <0.001 |
Physical Activity (PA) | −0.001 | −10.84 | <0.001 |
Social Satisfaction × TWT | −0.001 | −3.76 | <0.001 |
Social Satisfaction × SQ | −0.068 | 5.54 | <0.001 |
Social Satisfaction × PA | −0.0002 | 5.35 | <0.001 |
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Vargas, I.; Howie, E.K.; Muench, A.; Perlis, M.L. Measuring the Effects of Social Isolation and Dissatisfaction on Depressive Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Moderating Role of Sleep and Physical Activity. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 1449. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11111449
Vargas I, Howie EK, Muench A, Perlis ML. Measuring the Effects of Social Isolation and Dissatisfaction on Depressive Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Moderating Role of Sleep and Physical Activity. Brain Sciences. 2021; 11(11):1449. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11111449
Chicago/Turabian StyleVargas, Ivan, Erin Kaye Howie, Alexandria Muench, and Michael L. Perlis. 2021. "Measuring the Effects of Social Isolation and Dissatisfaction on Depressive Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Moderating Role of Sleep and Physical Activity" Brain Sciences 11, no. 11: 1449. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11111449