Psychological distress and state boredom during the COVID-19 outbreak in China: the role of meaning in life and media use

Figures & data

Figure 1. Conceptual model.

Table 1. Descriptive statistics and correlation matrix.

	BO	DEP	ANX	STR	ML	MU
Boredom (BO)	1
Depression (DEP)	0.273 ***	1
Anxiety (ANX)	0.240 ***	0.693 ***	1
Stress (STR)	0.216 ***	0.730 ***	0.782 ***	1
Meaning in life (ML)	−0.105 **	−0.301 ***	−0.227 ***	−0.177 ***	1
Media use (MU)	0.075 *	0.049	0.086 **	0.123 ***	0.004	1
Mean	11.715	10.773	11.070	12.318	21.434	20.493
SD	5.477	3.272	3.015	3.451	4.394	13.639

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

Figure 2. First-stage moderation model for three mental health variables.

Figure 3. Moderated effect of the meaning in life between boredom and media use.

Table 2. Direct effects and moderated effects of model 1 and model 2.

Effects	β	Proportion
BO→STR	0.21	80.77%
INT→MU→STR	0.05	19.23%
BO→ANX	0.24	88.89%
INT→MU→ANX	0.03	11.11%

BO = boredom, MU = media use, STR = stress, ANX = anxiety, INT = interaction term.