Table 3 Psychosocial problems in high- and low-absent anxious students
Variable | High absence | Low absence | Significance | Whole sample a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
high anxiety | high anxiety | (N= 865) | ||||
(N= 21) | (N= 73) | t Value ( df) | χ2( df) | |||
Negative life events | 4.32 (2.58) | 3.25 (2.39) | 1.70 (86) | 0.093 | 1.88 (1.87) | |
Resilience | 3.24 (0.76) | 3.50 (0.61) | −1.54 (80) | 0.127 | 3.99 (0.63) | |
No. of close friends | 4.04 (1.35) | 4.76 (0.54) | −3.66 (82.53) | 0.000 | 4.62 (0.85) | |
Family economy | 3.29 (1.52) | 2.88 (1.16) | 1.14 (27.17) | 0.263 | 2.54 (1.11) | |
Categorical variables | ||||||
Father working (% yes) | 87.5 | 81.8 | 0.29 (1) | 0.588 | 92.4 | |
Mother working (% yes) | 68.8 | 68.1 | 0.002 (1) | 0.961 | 82.5 | |
Being bullied at school (% yes) | 10 | 35.7 | 4.89 (1) | 0.027 | 8.4 | |
Feeling safe in school (% yes) | 28.57 | 36.62 | 0.166 (1) | 0.683 | 89.8 | |
Treated with respect in school (% yes) | 95.20 | 81.94 | 4.21 (1) | 0.040 | 94.60 | |
Chronic illness (% yes) | 42.86 | 35.62 | 0.589 (1) | 0.443 | 30.6 | |
Perception of own health (% bad) | 66.67 | 41.10 | 4.28 (1) | 0.038 | 15.1 | |