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longitudinal analysis of covid-19 anxiety and mental well-being during lockdown ...
intercept and slope, allowing us to explain the variation of parameters in
different individuals.

Mental Mental Mental Mental well-
well-being well-being well-being being

T1 T2 T3 T4

Intercept Slope

.02

.69***
-.07
.01
.20
Emotional Practising
self-e cacy mindfulness

Figure 15: The conditional LGC model for mental well-being, measured
at four time-points (T1-T4), including two covariates (emotional self-
efficacy and practicing mindfulness). The numbers are the unstandardised
coefficient estimates. Solid lines represent significant paths and dashed lines
indicate non-significant paths or correlations. ***p< .001.

The LGC model for mental well-being, with two time-invariant fac-
tors (emotional self-efficacy and practicing mindfulness) as predictors of
intercept and slope (see Figure 15), shows an adequate fit to the data: CFI =
.981, RMSEA = .074, 90% CI [.000, .193], SRMR = .077. Emotional self-effi-
cacy was significantly and positively connected to the intercept of mental
well-being, meaning that those who were more emotionally self-efficient
had better mental well-being at the initial onset. Practicing mindfulness
undergoes the same pattern, but is not statistically significant (p = .13).
None of the covariates was significantly connected to the slope.
The LGC model for COVID-19 anxiety (see Figure 16), with two
time-invariant factors (emotional self-efficacy and practicing mindful-
ness) as predictors of intercept and slope, shows an adequate fit to the
data: CFI = .973, RMSEA = .075, 90% CI [.000, .193], SRMR = .079. Emo-
tional self-efficacy was significantly and negatively connected to the inter-

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