Association of Stressful Life Events with Psychological Problems: A Large-Scale Community-Based Study Using Grouped Outcomes Latent Factor Regression with Latent Predictors
Table 1
Demographics, lifestyle, psychological characteristics, and stressful life events of the study participants.
Characteristics
Total ()
Males ()
Females ()
value
Demographic characteristics
Age
36.58 ± 8.09
38.59 ± 8.61
35.16 ± 7.39
<0.001
Marital status
Married
3776 (81.2)
1812 (88.1)
1964 (75.7)
<0.001
Single
874 (18.8)
245 (11.9)
629 (24.3)
Education level
Undergraduate
1986 (42.8)
1124 (55.0)
862 (33.3)
<0.001
Graduate
2650 (57.2)
921 (45.0)
1729 (66.7)
Lifestyle characteristics
BMI
25.07 ± 4.64
25.53 ± 4.91
24.72 ± 4.39
Underweight
161 (3.5)
45 (2.3)
116 (4.5)
<0.001
Normal
2282 (50.0)
893 (44.9)
1389 (54.1)
Overweight
1672 (36.7)
867 (43.5)
805 (31.3)
Obese
445 (9.8)
186 (9.3)
259 (10.1)
Physical activity
Inactive and moderately inactive
2855 (65.2)
1057 (54.9)
1798 (73.4)
<0.001
Moderately active and active
1522 (34.8)
869 (45.1)
653 (26.6)
Psychological problems
Psychological distress
2.08 ± 2.74
1.69 ± 2.50
2.38 ± 2.89
<0.001
Anxiety score
3.55 ± 3.72
2.96 ± 3.44
4.01 ± 3.87
<0.001
Depression score
6.15 ± 3.38
5.57 ± 3.23
6.60 ± 3.42
<0.001
Stressful life events
Home life
0.65 ± 1.04
0.59 ± 1.02
0.69 ± 1.05
<0.01
Educational concerns
0.76 ± 1.02
0.81 ± 1.08
0.71 ± 0.97
<0.01
Loss and separation
0.52 ± 0.73
0.56 ± 0.76
0.49 ± 0.70
<0.01
Sexual life
0.26 ± 0.54
0.27 ± 0.55
0.26 ± 0.53
0.88
Health concerns
0.43 ± 0.59
0.37 ± 0.58
0.49 ± 0.60
<0.001
Financial problems
2.92 ± 1.77
3.15 ± 1.72
2.74 ± 1.79
<0.001
Social relations
1.75 ± 1.37
1.64 ± 1.39
1.83 ± 1.36
<0.001
Personal conflicts
1.16 ± 1.28
1.10 ± 1.27
1.21 ± 1.28
<0.01
Job conflicts
1.73 ± 1.26
1.56 ± 1.26
1.86 ± 1.23
<0.001
Job security
1.63 ± 1.21
1.69 ± 1.24
1.59 ± 1.19
<0.01
Daily life
0.59 ± 0.72
0.57 ± 0.71
0.61 ± 0.72
0.07
Values are mean ± SD and number (%). values were obtained from independent samples -test for continuous data and from Pearson’s for categorical data.
