Table 2.
Profiles comparison of the three latent classes of suicidal ideation under latent profile analysis in 2018
| Variables | High-risk class (Class 1) (N = 120) 9.5% | Moderate-risk class (Class 2) (N = 281) 22.1% | Low-risk class (Class 3) (N = 868) 68.4% | p | Post hoc class comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Gender—female | 31 (26) | 95 (34) | 253 (29) | 0.48 | |
| Post-secondary education | 90 (75) | 232 (83) | 774 (89) | < 0.01* | 1 < 3 |
| Student status | 90 (75) | 200 (71) | 652 (75) | 0.51 |
| Variables | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 24.0 (0.44) | 23.8 (0.30) | 24.0 (0.17) | 0.77 | |
| Total SIDAS score | 31.1 (2.30) | 14.1 (1.23) | 1.55 (0.18) | < 0.01* | 1 > 2 > 3 |
| Psychological distress | 18.8 (0.58) | 14.0 (0.36) | 8.66 (0.19) | < 0.01* | 1 > 2 > 3 |
| Help-seeking behaviors | |||||
| Offline informal | 0.36 (0.03) | 0.36 (0.02) | 0.36 (0.01) | 0.97 | |
| Offline formal | 0.20 (0.03) | 0.08 (0.01) | 0.05 (0.01) | < 0.01* | 1 > 2 > 3 |
| Online informal | 0.17 (0.04) | 0.11 (0.02) | 0.04 (0.01) | < 0.01* | (1, 2) > 3 |
| Online formal | 0.12 (0.02) | 0.03 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.01) | < 0.01* | 1 > 2 > 3 |
N = 1269; *p < 0.01; Chi-square test statistics for equality tests of means of continuous variables across classes derived via the BCH procedure with 2 degrees of freedom