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Table 4 Subgroup analysis of mental health literacy and emotional symptoms in Chinese college students

From: Negative life events, inadequate mental health literacy, and emotional symptoms among Chinese college students: a school-based longitudinal prospective study

Variable

Total sample (%)

Depressive symptoms

Anxiety symptoms

Stress symptoms

RR

(95% CI)

P value

P for interaction

RR

(95% CI)

P value

P for interaction

RR

(95% CI)

P value

P for interaction

Overall

3210 (100)

1.33 (1.07–1.65)

0.009

 

1.37 (1.12–1.66)

0.002

 

1.06 (0.73–1.53)

0.770

 

Gender

   

0.733

  

0.897

  

0.456

 Male

1377 (42.9)

1.36 (0.97–1.89)

0.074

 

1.37 (1.01–1.87)

0.046

 

0.88 (0.51–1.50)

0.632

 

 Female

1833 (57.1)

1.26 (0.95–1.67)

0.116

 

1.33 (1.04–1.72)

0.025

 

1.17 (0.69–1.96)

0.563

 

Registered residence

   

0.657

  

0.980

  

0.636

 Rural

2268 (70.7)

1.39 (1.06–1.81)

0.016

 

1.38 (1.08–1.75)

0.009

 

1.14 (0.71–1.83)

0.58

 

 Urban

942 (29.3)

1.25 (0.87–1.81)

0.233

 

1.37 (0.98–1.92)

0.069

 

0.95 (0.52–1.74)

0.866

 

Any siblings

   

0.247

  

0.282

  

0.549

 Yes

625 (19.5)

1.74 (1.05–2.86)

0.031

 

1.70 (1.09–2.67)

0.02

 

1.33 (0.58–3.05)

0.506

 

 No

2585 (80.5)

1.25 (0.99–1.59)

0.066

 

1.30 (1.04–1.61)

0.019

 

1.00 (0.66–1.51)

0.99

 

Father’s educational level

   

0.622

  

0.669

  

0.171

 < High school degree

2609 (81.3)

1.29 (1.02–1.64)

0.034

 

1.39 (1.12–1.73)

0.003

 

1.24 (0.80–1.93)

0.331

 

 ≥High school degree

601 (18.7)

1.49 (0.90–2.45)

0.119

 

1.25 (0.81–1.93)

0.308

 

0.69 (0.33–1.42)

0.312

 

Mother’s educational level

   

0.882

  

0.833

  

0.504

 < High school degree

2806 (87.4)

1.34 (1.06–1.69)

0.013

 

1.36 (1.10–1.67)

0.004

 

1.12 (0.74–1.68)

0.586

 

 ≥High school degree

404 (12.6)

1.28 (0.73–2.27)

0.392

 

1.44 (0.85–2.44)

0.173

 

0.79 (0.32–1.99)

0.624

 

Self-reported family economy

   

0.057

  

0.017

  

0.776

 Bad

1068 (33.3)

0.95 (0.67–1.33)

0.747

 

0.97 (0.71–1.32)

0.826

 

0.89 (0.50–1.59)

0.699

 

 Medium

2061 (64.2)

1.63 (1.22–2.17)

0.001

 

1.69 (1.31–2.18)

< 0.001

 

1.18 (0.71–1.96)

0.526

 

 Good

81 (2.5)

1.35 (0.31–5.83)

0.689

 

0.75 (0.21–2.71)

0.665

 

0.98 (0.15–6.21)

0.981

 

Smoking

   

0.957

  

0.515

  

0.944

 No

2884 (89.8)

1.33 (1.05–1.67)

0.016

 

1.33 (1.08–1.63)

0.007

 

1.05 (0.70–1.56)

0.82

 

 Yes

326 (10.2)

1.35 (0.71–2.56)

0.357

 

1.63 (0.91–2.95)

0.102

 

1.09 (0.38–3.15)

0.873

 

Drinking

   

0.847

  

0.996

  

0.571

 No

2714 (84.5)

1.32 (1.04–1.67)

0.023

 

1.36 (1.10–1.69)

0.005

 

1.11 (0.72–1.71)

0.624

 

 Yes

496 (15.5)

1.39 (0.83–2.33)

0.21

 

1.36 (0.85–2.17)

0.198

 

0.87 (0.41–1.84)

0.709

 
  1. Note. RR is relative risk; CI is confidence interval