The bidirectional effects of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and difficulties in emotion regulation in Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic—a dynamic structural equation model

Table 2 Parameter estimates and 95% confidence interval of the between-level (n = 122)

Parameter	OC	DER	P1(OC_t−1 → OC)	P2(DER_t−1 → DER)	P3(OC_t−1 → DER)	P4(DER_t−1 → OC)
Step1
Means	.05[− .64,.72]	.01[− .70,.70]	.51[.43,.61]*	.35[.28,.43]*	.09[.00,.17]	.09[.02,.17]*
Variances	10.79[7.69,15.27]*	12.63[9.16,17.87]*	.13[.09,.18]*	.07[.04,.11]*	.10[.05,.18]*	.12[.08,.18]*
Step 2
Intercepts	− .02[− .59,.55]	− .04[− .51,.44]	.51[.42,.59]*	.35[.28,.43]*	.08[− .01,.17]	.09[.02,.17]*
Residual variances	6.73[4.78,9.44]*	5.40[3.98,7.54]*	.12[.09,.17]*	.07[.05,.10]*	.10[.06,.16]*	.11[.07,.16]*
Sleep problems	1.07[.05,1.97]*	1.20[.24,2.20]*	− 4.25[− 7.43,− .95]*	− 1.30[− 5.08,2.59]	− .48[− 4.54,3.62]	− .48[− 4.28,3.36]
Cov. (health anxiety)	.24[.15,.34]*	− .04[− .11,.04]	.01[− .01,.02]	.01[− .01,.02]	− .01[− .02,.01]	.01[− .01,.02]
Cov. (depression)	.01[− .10,.12]	.09[− .01,.19]	− .01[− .02,.01]	.01[− .00,.02]	− .01[− .02,.01]	.00[− .01,.02]
Cov. (anxiety)	− .04[− .14,.06]	.28[.19,.36]*	− .01[− .02,.01]	− .01[− .02,.01]	.01[− .01,.02]	− .01[− .02,.01]

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