Introduction
Risk perception and mental health
Altruism and mental health
Mechanism underlying the effect of altruism on mental health
Aims of this study
Methods
Participants and sampling
Ethical approval and consent
Measures
Perceived risk of COVID-19
Altruism
Positive and negative affect
Mental health
Data analysis
Results
Background characteristics and covariates
Without anxiety symptoms (N = 992) | With anxiety symptoms (N = 354) | p value | |
---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Sex | 0.14 | ||
Male (n = 364) | 279 (28.1%) | 85 (24.0%) | |
Female (n = 982) | 713 (71.9%) | 269 (76.0%) | |
Ethnic group | 0.78 | ||
Han (n = 1143) | 844 (85.1%) | 299 (84.5%) | |
Others (n = 203) | 148 (14.9%) | 55 (15.5%) | |
Mean Age (SD) | 19.63 (2.15) | 20.13 (2.40) | < 0.001 |
Without depression symptoms (N = 917) | With depression symptoms (N = 429) | pvalue | |
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Sex | 0.90 | ||
Male (n = 364) | 247 (26.9%) | 117 (27.3%) | |
Female (n = 982) | 670 (73.2%) | 312 (72.7%) | |
Ethnic group | 0.39 | ||
Han (n = 1143) | 784 (85.5%) | 359 (83.7%) | |
Others (n = 203) | 133 (14.5%) | 70 (16.3%) | |
Mean Age(SD) | 19.63 (2.13) | 20.04 (2.41) | 0.001 |
Correlations between mental health and other variables
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
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1 Sex | 1 | |||||||
2 Age | 0.03 | 1 | ||||||
3 Ethnicity | 0.00 | −0.03 | 1 | |||||
4 Perceived risk | 0.08** | −0.11** | 0.01 | 1 | ||||
5 Altruism | −0.07** | 0.11** | 0.02 | −0.02 | 1 | |||
6 Negative affect | 0.09* | 0.15** | 0.06* | 0.16** | 0.05 | 1 | ||
7 Positive affect | −0.06* | −0.08** | − 0.03 | −0.13** | 0.28** | −0.24** | 1 | |
8 Anxiety | 0.12* | 0.13** | 0.00 | 0.17** | 0.02 | 0.57** | −0.27** | 1 |
9 Depression | 0.03 | 0.07* | 0.03 | 0.18** | −0.05 | 0.54** | −0.42** | 0.67** |