*3.1. Participants*

There were 595 respondents who participated in the research: 476 women (80.50%) and 116 men (19.50%). The respondents' age range was from 18 to 75 years of age (M = 35.95, SD = 13.32). Table 1 shows characteristics of the sample, both in terms of the sociodemographic and COVID-related variables.


**Table 1.** Characteristics of the sample: sociodemographic and COVID-19-related variables.


**Table 1.** *Cont.*

The study participants were mostly women, middle-aged, big city dwellers, with higher education, employed, and whose economic situation has not changed during pandemic. The variables related to marital status and children were evenly distributed.
