Table 2.

Descriptive statistics

	ENG			HK			MC
	M (SD)	Range	n	M (SD)	Range	n	M (SD)	Range	n	F p
Mind-mindednessa	13.99 (7.62)	0–41	259	11.47 (6.34)	0–33	266	8.19 (4.62)	0–22	324	64.16 <0.001
Positive control	4.53 (1.32)	1–7	225	4.03 (1.27)	2–7	242	2.35 (1.12)	1–6	324	244.71 <0.001
Psychological distressb
K10	7.79 (6.12)	0–35	253	9.85 (6.57)	0–31	260	8.66 (7.20)	0–40	324	6.12 0.002
PHQ-9	4.51 (4.65)	0–27	249	3.82 (3.33)	0–20	260	3.98 (4.10)	0–27	324	2.02 0.134
GAD-7	3.36 (3.59)	0–21	250	3.35 (3.49)	0–15	257	3.28 (3.74)	0–21	324	0.05 0.953
Internalizing problemsc	2.07 (1.99)	0–10	259	2.03 (1.84)	0–9	266	1.68 (1.74)	0–7	324	3.94 0.020

ENG England, HK Hong Kong, MC Mainland China.

^aFrequency of mental attributes.

^bTotal scores from each of the three questionnaire measures.

^cTotal scores on the 6-item internalizing subscale of the SDQ.