Table 3. Percentage of Songs With Co-occurring References to Mental Health and Stressors Across the Samplea.
| Type of stressor | Songs with co-occurring mental health reference, No. (%) (n = 125) | Total No. of co-occurrences | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | Depression | Suicide | Metaphor | ||
| Social rival (foe) | 21 (17) | 10 (8) | 3 (2) | 15 (12) | 32 |
| Environmental conditions | 20 (16) | 13 (10) | 5 (4) | 16 (13) | 32 |
| Love life | 17 (14) | 16 (13) | 4 (3) | 12 (10) | 27 |
| Work life | 12 (10) | 7 (6) | 2 (2) | 6 (5) | 15 |
| Family life | 8 (6) | 8 (6) | 3 (2) | 7 (6) | 11 |
| Authority | 7 (6) | 3 (2) | 3 (2) | 4 (3) | 8 |
| Social ally (friend) | 4 (3) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 1(1) | 5 |
| Faith | 4 (3) | 4 (3) | 2 (2) | 3 (2) | 5 |
| Societal issues | 4 (3) | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | 3 (2) | 5 |
| Financial strain | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
a
Coding categories are not mutually exclusive. A song can have references to more than 1 mental health category and/or type of stressor, thus rows and columns will not sum to 100.