Table 2.
The correlation between the three-level resilience with perceived health and mental distress
| Variable, n(%)/ Mean (SD) |
Resilience | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (4–15) (n = 492) |
Medium (16–17) (n = 790) |
High (18–20) (n = 816) |
F / χ2 | |
| Self-efficiency score | 72.6 (± 14.7) | 78.2 (± 12.6) | 81.2 (± 12.2) | 65.53** |
| Self-efficiency (n = 2066) | 123.77** | |||
| Poor (below mean) | 258(54.8%) | 269(34.3%) | 196(24.1%) | |
| Good (above mean) | 213(45.2%) | 512(65.6%) | 618(75.9%) | |
| SR mental health | 89.03** | |||
| Poor | 36(7.3%) | 11(1.4%) | 8(1.0%) | |
| Medium | 94(18.9%) | 76(9.6%) | 70(8.6%) | |
| Good | 362(73.8%) | 703(89.0%) | 738(90.4%) | |
| SR physical health | 50.17** | |||
| Poor | 68(13.8%) | 51(6.4%) | 40(4.9%) | |
| Medium | 101(20.4%) | 125(15.9%) | 119(14.6%) | |
| Good | 323(65.8%) | 614(77.6%) | 657(80.5%) | |
| Mental distress (BSRS-5) | 63.78** | |||
| Low (< 6) | 422(85.7%) | 757(95.8%) | 782(96.0%) | |
| High (≥ 6) | 70(14.3%) | 33(4.2%) | 34(4.0%) | |
| BSRS-5 total | 2.24(± 3.38) | 1.14(± 2.01) | 1.08(± 1.89) | 43.52** |
| BSRS_Item 1. Insomnia | 7.62* | |||
| No | 350(71.1%) | 608(77.0%) | 632(77.5%) | |
| Yes | 142(28.9%) | 182(23.0%) | 184(22.5%) | |
| BSRS_Item 2. Anxiety | 35.45** | |||
| No | 366(74.4%) | 673(85.2%) | 705(86.4%) | |
| Yes | 126(25.6%) | 117(14.8%) | 111(13.6%) | |
| BSRS_Item 3. Hostility | 34.73** | |||
| No | 336(68.3%) | 638(80.8%) | 661(81.0%) | |
| Yes | 156(31.7%) | 152(19.2%) | 155(19.0%) | |
| BSRS_Item 4. Depression | 46.35** | |||
| No | 362(73.6%) | 688(87.1%) | 702(86.0%) | |
| Yes | 130(26.4%) | 102(12.9%) | 114(14.0%) | |
| BSRS_Item 5. Inferiority | 44.43** | |||
| No | 361(73.4%) | 673(85.2%) | 710(87.0%) | |
| Yes | 131(26.6%) | 117(14.8%) | 106(13.0%) | |
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, SR: Self-related, SD: standard deviation, BSRS-5: The 5-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale