Developmental Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms in Chinese College Students: Latent Classes and Gender Effect
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Measures
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics
3.2. Trajectory Model
3.3. Gender as a Predictor of Trajectories
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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N | % | |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 229 | 19.69 |
Female | 934 | 80.31 |
Parents’ marital status | ||
Married to each other | 1039 | 89.34 |
Separated | 19 | 1.63 |
One or both dead | 30 | 2.58 |
Divorced | 45 | 3.87 |
Did not marry each other | 30 | 2.58 |
Mother’s education | ||
Junior school | 272 | 23.39 |
Junior high school | 502 | 43.16 |
High school | 250 | 21.50 |
Some college/vocational school | 72 | 6.19 |
4-year college | 62 | 5.33 |
Master’s degree | 5 | 0.43 |
Father’s education | ||
Junior school | 172 | 14.79 |
Junior high school | 496 | 42.66 |
High school | 316 | 27.17 |
Some college/vocational school | 97 | 8.34 |
4-year college | 81 | 6.96 |
Master’s degree | 1 | 0.08 |
Household income (monthly income per capita) | ||
Low (CNY < 2000) | 626 | 53.82 |
Medium (CNY 2000–5000) | 444 | 38.18 |
High (CNY > 5000) | 93 | 8.00 |
Depression group | ||
Normal | 705 | 60.62 |
Moderate | 406 | 34.91 |
Severe | 52 | 4.47 |
T1 a | T2 a | T3 a | T4 a | T5 a | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | 1 | ||||
T2 | 0.476 ** | 1 | |||
T3 | 0.401 ** | 0.613 ** | 1 | ||
T4 | 0.448 ** | 0.582 ** | 0.628 ** | 1 | |
T5 | 0.384 ** | 0.538 ** | 0.611 ** | 0.736 ** | 1 |
Total b | 34.83 (8.91) | 43.61 (9.09) | 45.88 (9.31) | 43.04 (10.01) | 43.13 (10.45) |
Girls b | 34.85 (8.56) | 43.67 (9.08) | 45.92 (9.23) | 42.84 (9.89) | 43.17 (10.16) |
Boys b | 34.71 (10.32) | 43.35 (9.14) | 45.73 (9.65) | 43.88 (10.50) | 42.98 (11.65) |
Classes | AIC | BIC | ABIC | Entropy | VLRT p | BLRT p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 36,549.257 | 36,598.640 | 36,566.878 | |||
2 | 36,506.360 | 36,580.434 | 36,532.793 | 0.838 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
3 | 36,480.465 | 36,579.230 | 36,515.708 | 0.768 | 0.0074 | 0.0000 |
4 | 36,452.717 | 36,576.174 | 36,496.771 | 0.618 | 0.0666 | 0.0074 |
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Zhou, S.; Jin, L.; Liu, X.; Ding, X.; Zhu, X. Developmental Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms in Chinese College Students: Latent Classes and Gender Effect. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3508. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063508
Zhou S, Jin L, Liu X, Ding X, Zhu X. Developmental Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms in Chinese College Students: Latent Classes and Gender Effect. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(6):3508. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063508
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhou, Shegang, Lin Jin, Xiaoxian Liu, Xiaosheng Ding, and Xiangru Zhu. 2022. "Developmental Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms in Chinese College Students: Latent Classes and Gender Effect" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 6: 3508. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063508