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. 2023 Nov 28;13:20900. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-48225-y

Table 2.

Logistic regression of influencing factors for social phobia (main analysis). The outcome variable was divided by median into 2 groups of low score (0–10, n = 956) and high score (11–48, n = 903). McFadden’s R2 = 0.285. GVIF for all variables is less than 1.58. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, GPA grade point average.

Factor OR (95% CI) P value
Demographic information
 Gender (female vs male) 0.63 (0.50–0.79) < 0.001
 Region (rural vs urban) 0.82 (0.63–1.07) 0.136
 Grade (vs 1)
  2 0.82 (0.56–1.21) 0.322
  3 0.78 (0.54–1.14) 0.206
  4 or 5 0.60 (0.39–0.94) 0.025
  Postgraduate 0.38 (0.19–0.78) 0.008
 GPA ranking (vs top 20%)
  20–40% 1.40 (1.00–1.96) 0.049
  40–60% 1.47 (1.04–2.09) 0.030
  60–80% 1.04 (0.65–1.68) 0.867
  After 80% 2.36 (1.07–5.21) 0.033
 Exercise frequency (vs < once a week)
  1–2 times a week 1.14 (0.85–1.52) 0.397
  ≥ 3 times a week 0.82 (0.59–1.15) 0.246
Social relations
 Never participate in student organizations (vs ever) 1.26 (0.97–1.66) 0.089
 Childhood bullying experience (vs never)
  Seldom 1.31 (1.00–1.71) 0.047
  Sometimes 2.91 (1.95–4.33) < 0.001
  Often 3.44 (1.36–8.65) 0.009
Family Information
 Parenting style (vs authoritative)
  Authoritarian 1.08 (0.75–1.56) 0.691
  Neglectful 0.90 (0.65–1.24) 0.511
  Permissive 2.82 (1.21–6.60) 0.017
 Closeness of family relationship (vs close)
  General 1.35 (1.01–1.82) 0.044
  Alienated 1.26 (0.49–3.21) 0.627
 Number of siblings (vs 0)
  1 1.35 (1.04–1.75) 0.027
  2 2.18 (1.52–3.14) < 0.001
  ≥ 3 1.08 (0.55–2.14) 0.814
 Childhood adversity experience (vs never)
  Seldom 1.63 (1.23–2.14) < 0.001
  Sometimes 2.64 (1.84–3.80) < 0.001
  Often 11.35 (4.47–28.79) < 0.001
Self-evaluation
 Mobile phone dependence (vs no)
  General 2.32 (1.72–3.13) < 0.001
  Yes 5.12 (3.63–7.22) < 0.001
 Appearance satisfaction (vs not very satisfied)
  Moderately satisfied 0.83 (0.59–1.17) 0.293
  Quite satisfied 0.64 (0.43–0.93) 0.021
 Mental health self-assessment (vs not very healthy)
  Moderately healthy 0.76 (0.43–1.35) 0.348
  Quite healthy 0.37 (0.21–0.66) < 0.001
 Degree of trust in strangers (vs not very trust)
  Moderately trust 0.72 (0.55–0.94) 0.016
  Quite trust 0.99 (0.71–1.36) 0.929