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. 2024 Nov 7;15:1440821. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1440821

Table 2.

Mental health among LBC (n=5114) after stratification by demographic characteristics and life experience.

Variable Anxiety symptoms p-value Depressive symptoms p-value Self-injurious behavior p-value
n(yes) % n(yes) % n(yes) %
1225 24.0 1428 27.9 907 17.7
Gender
  Male 553 21.5 <0.001 640 24.8 <0.001 375 14.6 <0.001
  Female 672 26.5 788 31.1 532 21.0
Grade
  High school 545 25.9 <0.001 711 33.7 <0.001 464 22.0 <0.001
  Junior high school 453 26.0 479 27.5 294 16.9
  Primary school 146 15.0 135 13.9 70 7.2
  Vocational school 81 27.9 103 35.5 79 27.2
LBC Caregivers
  Brother or sister 35 31.8 0.046 37 33.6 0.011 23 20.9 <0.001
  Father 63 26.7 59 25.0 63 26.7
  Grandparents 816 23.5 941 27.1 568 16.4
  Mother 207 24.4 247 29.1 149 17.5
  Other close relatives 77 20.9 109 29.5 84 22.8
  Others 27 33.8 35 43.8 20 25.0
Smoking history
  No 1185 23.7 0.032 1377 27.6 0.001 843 16.9 <0.001
  Yes 40 32.5 51 41.5 64 52.0
Verbal bullying
  Seldom 882 19.8 <0.001 1024 23.0 <0.001 661 14.9 <0.001
  Often 343 51.4 404 60.6 246 36.9
Physical bullying
  Seldom 1021 21.6 <0.001 1192 25.2 <0.001 759 16.0 <0.001
  Often 204 54.1 236 62.6 148 39.3
Relational bullying
  Seldom 970 21.0 <0.001 1127 24.4 <0.001 717 15.5 <0.001
  Often 255 52.5 301 61.9 190 39.1
Cyber bullying
  Seldom 1119 22.7 <0.001 1288 26.2 <0.001 812 16.5 <0.001
  Often 106 54.6 140 72.2 95 49.0
Any bullying
  Seldom 818 19.1 <0.001 948 22.1 <0.001 613 14.3 <0.001
  Often 407 48.9 480 57.7 294 35.3
Teacher-student relationship
  Good 1091 23.0 <0.001 1265 26.7 <0.001 786 16.6 <0.001
  Poor 134 36.2 163 44.1 121 32.7
Peer relations
  Good 1100 23.0 <0.001 1272 26.6 <0.001 805 16.8 <0.001
  Poor 125 37.9 156 47.3 102 30.9
Family function
  High 348 15.0 <0.001 362 15.6 <0.001 229 9.9 <0.001
  Low 82 51.3 112 70.0 77 48.1
  Medium 795 30.1 954 36.2 601 22.8