Stop talking about it already! Co-ruminating and social media focused on COVID-19 was associated with heightened state anxiety, depressive symptoms, and perceived changes in health anxiety during Spring 2020

Table 3 Specificity analyses: hierarchical regressions predicting current mental health

Significant bivariate Predictor	CESD β	STAI β	HAI β	ULS β
Age	− .17*	− .12*	–	− .18*
Student	− .02	–	–	− .07
Marital status	− .02	–	.16**	.01
Income	− .06	–	–	.03
Financial health	.16*	.19***	.11*	.02
Employment	.03	–	–	.17*
Pay Status	− .08	–	–	− .13
Co-rumination	.20**	.22***	.20***	.08
Social media	.14	.11	–	.10
Social media, COVID-19	.14*	.20**	.11*	.00
Social media posts	.19*	–	–	.18*
Social support	− .21***	− .17**	–	− .44***
R² change	0.32***	0.30***	0.11***	0.32***
Highest VIF	2.18	1.56	1.12	1.79

CESD depressive symptoms, STAI anxiety symptoms, HAI current health anxiety, ULS loneliness, VIF Variance inflation factor
***p ≤ .001, **p ≤ .010, *p ≤ .05

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