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. 2022 Mar 17;13:764811. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.764811

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).