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. 2025 Jun 3;16:1521224. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1521224

Table 2.

The correlations between psychological vulnerability and anxiety (N = 1,591).

Variables Anxiety r (95%CI) Panic/somatic r (95%CI) Generalized anxiety r (95%CI) Separation anxiety r (95%CI) Social phobia r (95%CI) School phobia r (95%CI)
Gender 0.02 (−0.03, 0.08) 0.03 (−0.02, 0.08) 0.02 (−0.03, 0.07) 0.01 (−0.04, 0.06) 0.02 (−0.03, 0.08) −0.01 (−0.06, 0.04)
Age 0.03 (−0.02, 0.08) 0.01 (−0.04, 0.06) 0.03 (−0.02, 0.08) 0.02 (−0.03, 0.07) 0.04 (−0.01, 0.09) 0.02 (−0.03, 0.08)
Having siblings −0.02 (−0.07, 0.03) −0.04 (−0.09, 0.01) −0.01 (−0.06, 0.04) 0.01 (−0.02, 0.03) −0.02 (−0.07, 0.03) −0.03 (−0.08, 0.01)
Parents’ marital status −0.01 (−0.06, 0.04) 0.01 (−0.03, 0.06) −0.02 (−0.07, 0.03) 0.02 (−0.03, 0.06) −0.02 (−0.07, 0.02) −0.04 (−0.08, 0.01)
Family’s economic status −0.02 (−0.07, 0.03) −0.03 (−0.08, 0.02) −0.02 (−0.06, 0.03) −0.00 (−0.06, 0.04) −0.04 (−0.09, −0.02) 0.02 (−0.03, 0.07)
Living area −0.02 (−0.07, 0.03) −0.00 (−0.05, 0.05) −0.02 (−0.07, 0.03) −0.01 (−0.07, 0.04) −0.02 (−0.07, 0.03) 0.01 (−0.04, 0.06)
Psychological vulnerability 0.48 (0.44, 0.52)** 0.41 (0.37, 0.46)** 0.49 (0.44, 0.53)** 0.37 (0.33, 0.42)** 0.38 (0.33, 0.42)** 0.37 (0.33, 0.41)**
Mental health literacy −0.03 (−0.08, 0.03) −0.01 (−0.06, 0.05) −0.03 (−0.08, 0.02) −0.02 (−0.07, 0.03) −0.03 (−0.08, 0.03) 0.00 (−0.05, 0.05)

**p < 0.01.