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Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2025 Oct 25;394(Pt A):120550. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120550

Table 2.

Association between mental illness symptoms and flourishing.

Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI

Agea 1.04 [1.04–1.05] 1.02 [1.02–1.03] 1.03 [1.02–1.03]
Gender
 Male (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Female 0.99 [0.95–1.03] 1.18* [1.13–1.23] 1.22* [1.17–1.27]
 Gender diverse 0.35* [0.32–0.39] 0.58* [0.53–0.64] 0.64* [0.58–0.70]
Race/ethnicity
 White (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Black 1.24* [1.17–1.32] 1.18* [1.11–1.26] 1.13* [1.06–1.21]
 Hispanic/Latin(x) 0.89* [0.84–0.95] 0.89* [0.83–0.95] 0.85* [0.79–0.91]
 Asian/Asian American 0.66* [0.63–0.70] 0.63* [0.59–0.66] 0.59* [0.56–0.63]
 American Indian/Native American 0.93 [0.63–1.36] 1.06 [0.70–1.59] 1.02 [0.68–1.53]
 Pacific Islander 1.28 [0.82–2.00] 1.60 [0.98–2.61] 1.51 [0.93–2.46]
 Middle East 0.85* [0.73–0.97] 0.87 [0.75–1.01] 0.83* [0.72–0.97]
 Other/multiple 0.87* [0.82–0.92] 0.91* [0.86–0.97] 0.90* [0.85–0.96]
Current financial stress
 Always (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Often* 1.40* [1.31–1.49] 1.01 [0.95–1.08] 1.01 [0.95–1.08]
 Sometimes* 2.23* [2.11–2.36] 1.28* [1.20–1.36] 1.27* [1.19–1.35]
 Rarely* 3.07* [2.88–3.27] 1.56* [1.45–1.67] 1.55* [1.45–1.66]
 Never* 4.19* [3.87–4.53] 2.06* [1.89–2.24] 2.06* [1.89–2.25]
Mental illness symptoms
 PHQ-9 < 10 (ref) 1.00 1.00
  PHQ-9 ≥ 10 0.23* [0.22–0.25] 0.24* [0.23–0.25]
 GAD-7 < 10 (ref) 1.00 1.00
  GAD-7 ≥ 10 0.56* [0.54–0.59] 0.58* [0.55–0.61]
Past year mental health treatment
 No psychiatric medication (ref) 1.00
  Psychiatric medication 0.84* [0.80–0.88]
  Missing 0.90 [0.80–1.01]
 No therapy (ref) 1.00
  Therapy 0.87* [0.83–0.91]
  Missing 1.08 [0.94–1.25]

Notes: Healthy Minds Study 2022–23 Dataset; data and analyses are observed at the individual-level.

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; Ref = reference group; PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9; GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7.

a

Odds ratio for 1 unit increase.

*

Statistically significant at a p < 0.05 level.