Table 2.
Determinants associated with positive and negative affects among university and college students in network-based survey, China, February 20–22, 2020
| Variables | PA | NA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | SE | 95% CI | β | SE | 95% CI | |
| Education (ref: two- and three-year students) | ||||||
| Undergraduate | 2.872** | 0.127 | (2.623, 3.122) | 0.572** | 0.122 | (0.334, 0.811) |
| Master and above | 2.826** | 0.338 | (2.163, 3.489) | 0.366 | 0.323 | (− 0.268, 1.000) |
| Major (ref: non-medical) | ||||||
| Medical | 0.847** | 0.128 | (0.596, 1.098) | 0.151 | 0.122 | (− 0.089, 0.391) |
| Health literacy on communicable diseases (ref: no) | ||||||
| Yes | 1.399** | 0.136 | (1.132, 1.665) | − 0.311* | 0.130 | (− 0.566, − 0.057) |
| Satisfaction with measures for pandemic prevention and control (ref: high) | ||||||
| Moderate | − 0.421* | 0.125 | (− 0.666, − 0.176) | 1.072** | 0.120 | (0.837, 1.306) |
| Low | − 1.334* | 0.425 | (− 2.166, − 0.501) | 2.661** | 0.406 | (1.866, 3.456) |
| Concern about the outbreak (ref: high) | ||||||
| Moderate | − 2.037** | 0.111 | (− 2.255, − 1.819) | − 0.413** | 0.106 | (− 0.621, − 0.205) |
| Low | − 5.158** | 0.359 | (− 5.863, − 4.454) | − 1.598** | 0.343 | (− 2.271, − 0.925) |
| The risk of infection (ref: high) | ||||||
| Moderate | − 1.030* | 0.451 | (− 1.915, − 0.145) | − 1.326* | 0.431 | (− 2.172, − 0.481) |
| Low | − 0.914* | 0.433 | (− 1.763, − 0.066) | − 3.199** | 0.414 | (− 4.01, − 2.388) |
| Impact of the outbreak (ref: high) | ||||||
| Moderate | − 0.688** | 0.122 | (− 0.927, − 0.449) | − 2.696** | 0.116 | (− 2.924, − 2.467) |
| Low | − 1.414** | 0.144 | (− 1.697, − 1.131) | − 5.195** | 0.138 | (− 5.465, − 4.924) |
| Sleep duration (ref: short sleep) | ||||||
| Normal sleep | 0.838* | 0.293 | (0.263, 1.412) | − 1.513** | 0.280 | (− 2.062, − 0.964) |
| Long sleep | 0.633* | 0.293 | (0.059, 1.208) | − 1.171** | 0.280 | (− 1.720, − 0.621) |
| Outing in the past 2 weeks (ref: stay at home all the time) | ||||||
| Walk around the house | 0.484** | 0.130 | (0.228, 0.740) | |||
| Often go out | 1.115 | 0.832 | (− 0.515, 2.746) | |||
| Others | − 0.257 | 0.328 | (− 0.900, 0.387) | |||
| Frequency of masks wearing (ref: every time) | ||||||
| Often | 0.367 | 0.225 | (− 0.073, 0.807) | 0.983** | 0.214 | (0.564, 1.402) |
| Not at all | − 0.153 | 0.274 | (− 0.691, 0.385) | 0.509 | 0.262 | (− 0.004, 1.023) |
| Frequency of hand washing in the past 2 weeks (ref: increased significantly) | ||||||
| As usual | − 1.192** | 0.131 | (− 1.449, − 0.934) | − 0.535** | 0.126 | (− 0.782, − 0.289) |
| Others | − 1.484* | 0.577 | (− 2.616, − 0.353) | − 0.776 | 0.547 | (− 1.848, 0.296) |
**P < 0.001, *P < 0.05, PA and NA were measured by PANAS scale (Watson et al. 1988)