Table 2.
Summary of mean differences between demographic and dependent variables.
| Variables | Gender (n) | Age (n) | Education (n) | Income (n) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (419) | Female (501) | 18–35 (530) | 36–53 (309) | >54 (81) | 1 (10) | 2 (67) | 3 (705) | 4 (138) | 1 (119) | 2 (93) | 3 (120) | 4 (130) | 5 (88) | 6 (132) | 7 (97) | 8 (141) | |
| Psychological outcome | |||||||||||||||||
| Depression | 23.75 | 24.49 | 25.87** | 22.17** | 20.44** | 26.60 | 25.16 | 24.27 | 22.90 | 25.50* | 26.13* | 25.40* | 23.80* | 24.73* | 22.53* | 22.49* | 23.28* |
| Anxiety | 22.27 | 22.78 | 23.94** | 21.18** | 18.69** | 27.40 | 23.82 | 22.56 | 21.52 | 24.17** | 24.37** | 23.98** | 22.46** | 23.59** | 21.14** | 21.11** | 20.50** |
| Stress | 24.49 | 25.14 | 26.13** | 23.56** | 21.31** | 26.40 | 25.58 | 24.95 | 23.80 | 25.71 | 25.74 | 26.32 | 24.62 | 26.05 | 23.36 | 23.59 | 23.96 |
| Psychological wellbeing | 44.97* | 43.46* | 43.31* | 45.01* | 46.37* | 38.90** | 38.79** | 44.37** | 46.02** | 42.25** | 40.26** | 41.18** | 43.34** | 42.88** | 46.61** | 47.84** | 47.55** |
| Resilience | 19.41** | 18.60** | 18.50** | 19.47** | 20.14** | 18.40** | 18.52** | 18.91** | 19.50** | 18.14** | 18.32** | 18.19** | 18.50** | 18.53** | 19.43** | 19.56** | 20.61** |
| Coping self-efficacy | 86.10 | 86.78 | 85.24* | 88.13* | 88.20* | 66.61 | 79.99 | 86.85 | 89.11 | 85.41** | 78.35** | 84.31** | 84.87** | 84.65** | 88.60** | 89.59** | 93.02** |
| Emotion | |||||||||||||||||
| Positive | 30.95* | 29.76* | 30.02 | 30.61 | 30.93 | 24.00** | 27.70** | 30.33** | 31.86** | 29.79** | 28.30** | 28.32** | 29.78** | 29.65** | 31.70** | 31.91** | 32.21** |
| Negative | 25.03 | 25.51 | 26.25** | 24.40** | 22.44** | 23.80 | 25.97 | 25.41 | 24.45 | 25.99** | 25.58** | 27.36** | 26.18** | 25.10** | 24.80** | 24.39** | 23.13** |
p < 0.05;
p < 0.01.
Educational level: (1). No formal education (2). High school or secondary school (3). Undergraduate or college (4). Master’s degree or above; monthly income: (1). <RM 1,000.00; (2). RM 1,001.00–RM 2,000.00; (3). RM 2,001.00–RM 3,000.00; (4). RM 3,001.00–RM 4,000.00; (5). RM 4,001.00–RM 5,000.00; (6). RM 5,001.00–RM 7,500.00; (7). RM 7,501.00–RM 10,000.00; (8). >RM 10,001.00. Score categories: Psychological outcomes: depression, stress, anxiety (range: 14–56; Low = <23, Moderate = 24–37, High = > 38). Psychological wellbeing (range: 14–70; Low = <34, Moderate = 35–54, High = > 55). Resilience (Range: 6–30; Low = <14, Moderate = 15–23, High = > 24). Coping self-efficacy (Range: 26–130; Low = <60, Moderate = 61–95, High = > 96). Emotions (range: 10–50; Low = <23, Moderate = 24–37, High = > 38).