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. 2021 Feb 16;11:566221. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.566221

Table 5.

Demographic characteristics by the DASS-S, DASS-A, DASS-D, OHQ, and WFC.

Variable DASS-S DASS-A DASS-D Happiness W-FC F-WC
M ± SD p M ± SD p M ± SD p M ± SD p M ± SD p M ± SD p
Gender 0.748 0.276 0.418 0.370 0.443 0.826
Female 1.818 ± 0.687 1.572 ± 0.592 1.902 ± 0.760 4.146 ± 0.937 2.333 ± 1.005 2.128 ± 1.011
Male 1.853 ± 0.658 1.642 ± 0.631 1.911 ± 0.731 4.183 ± 0.890 2.315 ± 0.995 2.121 ± 1.012
Age 0.012 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.157 0.224
17–22 1.873 ± 0.661 1.667 ± 0.643 1.984 ± 0.732 4.102 ± 0.959 2.338 ± 1.028 2.162 ± 1.034
23–28 1.858 ± 0.660 1.624 ± 0.616 1.898 ± 0.753 4.172 ± 0.887 2.298 ± 0.963 2.095 ± 0.973
29–34 1.633 ± 0.663 1.431 ± 0.526 1.637 ± 0.673 4.508 ± 0.847 2.044 ± 0.809 1.853 ± 0.988
35> 1.647 ± 0.647 1.377 ± 0.415 1.500 ± 0.543 4.590 ± 0.955 2.473 ± 1.028 2.167 ± 1.053
Location 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.004 0.002
Central 1.917 ± 0.679 1.667 ± 0.656 1.989 ± 0.748 4.024 ± 0.884 2.239 ± 0.947 2.059 ± 0.959
Northern 1.679 ± 0.601 1.437 ± 0.520 1.736 ± 0.681 4.354 ± 0.907 2.137 ± 0.946 1.961 ± 1.050
East Coast 1.936 ± 0.655 1.786 ± 0.663 1.937 ± 0.627 4.174 ± 0.823 2.463 ± 0.992 2.321 ± 1.064
Southern 1.808 ± 0.642 1.639 ± 0.613 1.910 ± 0.769 4.229 ± 0.899 2.417 ± 1.046 2.208 ± 1.016
East Malaysia 1.713 ± 0.682 1.386 ± 0.439 1.681 ± 0.704 4.383 ± 1.036 2.284 ± 0.933 1.891 ± 0.939
University type 0.020 0.001 0.466 0.096 0.044 0.275
Public 1.801 ± 0.641 1.609 ± 0.598 1.887 ± 0.731 4.239 ± 0.909 2.377 ± 1.017 2.154 1.014
Private 1.962 ± 0.708 1.676 ± 0.679 1.976 ± 0.753 3.998 ± 0.863 2.173 ± 0.933 2.043 1.000
Residence 0.369 0.350 0.306 0.802 0.390 0.490
In campus 1.895 ± 0.695 1.669 ± 0.661 2.031 ± 0.743 4.095 ± 0.940 2.238 ± 0.973 2.062 ± 1.013
Outside campus 1.905 ± 0.698 1.604 ± 0.634 1.967 ± 0.789 4.112 ± 0.875 2.411 ± 1.006 2.222 ± 1.020
Hometown 1.818 ± 0.651 1.620 ± 0.610 1.865 ± 0.722 4.203 ± 0.896 2.326 ± 1.009 2.108 ± 1.019
Others 1.801 ± 0.616 1.624 ± 0.616 1.863 ± 0.699 4.261 ± 0.929 2.197 ± 0.910 2.115 ± 0.912
Study level 0.304 0.091 0.799 0.129 0.625 0.156
Diploma 1.838 ± 0.648 1.641 ± 0.610 1.928 ± 0.742 4.144 ± 0.894 2.174 ± 0.944 1.980 ± 1.027
Bachelor 1.854 ± 0.664 1.646 ± 0.642 1.928 ± 0.733 4.381 ± 0.912 2.334 ± 1.012 2.149 ± 1.022
Master 1.825 ± 0.672 1.511 ± 0.522 1.798 ± 0.796 4.325 ± 0.946 2.313 ± 0.899 2.002 ± 0.938
Ph.D. 1.733 ± 0.670 1.464 ± 0.509 1.670 ± 0.597 3.990 ± 0.841 2.388 ± 1.065 2.276 ± 1.067
Others 1.870 ± 0.709 1.630 ± 0.498 2.080 ± 0.847 4.144 ± 0.894 2.156 ± 0.865 1.980 ± 0.664
Risk to contagion 0.277 0.030 0.680 0.162 0.651 0.459
High 1.835 ± 0.668 1.608 ± 0.619 1.907 ± 0.743 4.152 ± 0.914 2.303 ± 0.988 2.101 0.995
Moderate 1.909 ± 0.626 1.765 ± 0.654 1.920 ± 0.697 4.254 ± 0.821 2.389 ± 1.012 2.225 1.043
Low 1.741 ± 0.570 1.561 ± 0.580 1.821 ± 0.725 4.356 ± 0.868 2.271 ± 0.964 2.082 1.122
Field of study 0.296 0.806 0.128 0.081 0.219 0.304
Technical 1.873 ± 0.696 1.618 ± 0.643 1.955 ± 0.768 4.120 ± 0.916 2.310 ± 1.018 2.118 0.994
Non-technical 1.831 ± 0.642 1.631 ± 0.609 1.883 ± 0.718 4.201 ± 0.893 2.337 ± 0.987 2.135 1.026
Not specified 1.631 ± 0.680 1.529 ± 0.631 1.643 ± 0.606 4.594 ± 0.729 1.871 ± 0.687 1.714 0.825
Ethnicity 0.002 0.313 0.209 0.000 0.004 0.008
Malay 1.827 ± 0.647 1.666 ± 0.631 1.914 ± 0.737 2.275 ± 0.941 2.376 ± 1.009 2.173 1.030
Chinese 1.859 ± 0.708 1.433 ± 0.554 1.823 ± 0.705 2.162 ± 0.875 2.245 ± 0.951 2.078 0.971
Indian 1.830 ± 0.616 1.455 ± 0.495 1.823 ± 0.702 1.811 ± 0.721 1.915 ± 0.806 1.706 0.725
Others 1.988 ± 0.762 1.638 ± 0.643 2.042 ± 0.800 2.064 ± 0.931 2.152 ± 0.989 1.976 0.982

All significant results are marked with bold text (p < 0.05).