Table 2.
Prevalence of anxiety levels in elementary students according to the cut-off values by age and gender
|
Social anxiety |
|
Generalized anxiety |
|
Total score |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal No. (%) | High No. (%) | Normal No. (%) | High No. (%) | Normal No. (%) | High No. (%) | |
|
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Preschool age (6 years old, n = 46) |
30 (19.6) |
16 (34.0) |
31 (19.4) |
15 (37.5) |
31 (19.6) |
15 (35.7) |
| School age (7–10 years old, n = 154) |
123 (80.4) |
31 (66.0) |
129 (80.6) |
25 (62.5) |
127 (80.4) |
27 (64.3) |
|
P (df, χ2) |
0.04 (1, 4.23) |
|
0.01 (1, 5.93) |
|
0.03 (1, 4.85) |
|
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Female (n = 144) |
107 (69.9) |
37 (78.7) |
112 (70.0) |
32 (80.0) |
110 (69.6) |
34 (81.0) |
| Male (n = 56) |
46 (30.1) |
10 (21.3) |
48 (30.0) |
8 (20.0) |
48 (30.4) |
8 (19.0) |
|
P (df, χ2) |
0.24 (1, 1.37) |
|
0.21 (1, 1.58) |
|
0.14 (1, 2.11) |
|
| All (n = 200) | 153 (76.5) | 47 (23.5) | 160 (80.0) | 40 (20.0) | 158 (79.0) | 42 (21.0) |