Influence of physical education on anxiety, depression, and self-esteem among college students

Table 3 Influence of sociodemographic factors on Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Self-Rating Depression Scale and the Self-Esteem Scale scores

Index		Participant number	Statistic	SAS	SDS	SES
Gender	Male	221		46.63 ± 7.19	48.46 ± 9.50	26.36 ± 4.37
	Female	257		46.18 ± 7.31	48.01 ± 10.84	26.33 ± 4.26
			t	0.676	0.479	0.076
			P value	0.499	0.632	0.940
Only child	Yes	212		46.24 ± 6.74	48.58 ± 9.95	26.21 ± 4.21
	No	266		46.51 ± 7.65	47.93 ± 10.47	26.45 ± 4.39
			t	0.404	0.689	0.605
			P value	0.686	0.491	0.546
Major	Humanities and social sciences	155		45.95 ± 7.08	48.48 ± 9.47	26.62 ± 4.46
	Science and engineering	135		46.36 ± 6.97	48.33 ± 10.61	26.12 ± 4.13
	Medicine	188		46.76 ± 7.58	47.91 ± 10.58	26.28 ± 4.30
			F	0.531	0.144	0.522
			P value	0.588	0.866	0.594
Father’s educational background	High school or technical secondary school and below	210		45.70 ± 6.10	44.09 ± 9.33a	27.98 ± 3.88a
	College or undergraduate	205		46.41 ± 7.43	47.44 ± 10.32a	26.39 ± 4.47a
	Postgraduate and above	63		46.17 ± 7.56	50.17 ± 10.84	25.57 ± 3.81
			F	0.558	11.250	11.890
			P value	0.573	< 0.001	< 0.001
Mother’s educational background	High school or technical secondary school and below	221		46.26 ± 7.29	48.06 ± 10.09	26.54 ± 4.37
	College or undergraduate	203		46.76 ± 7.28	47.80 ± 10.04	26.44 ± 4.32
	Postgraduate and above	54		45.52 ± 6.94	50.39 ± 11.31	25.19 ± 3.85
			F	0.690	1.418	2.353
			P value	0.503	0.243	0.096
Family domicile	Village	208		46.40 ± 6.86	47.54 ± 9.75	26.72 ± 4.31
	County	117		46.25 ± 7.26	47.51 ± 10.67	26.34 ± 4.53
	Downtown	153		46.48 ± 7.76	49.67 ± 10.41	25.84 ± 4.07
			F	0.034	2.294	2.401
			P value	0.967	0.102	0.092
Average sleep time	< 6 h	83		48.02 ± 7.71	50.10 ± 9.63	25.46 ± 4.27
	6-8 h	257		46.02 ± 7.35	48.11 ± 10.21	26.54 ± 4.29
	> 8 h	138		46.09 ± 6.65	47.28 ± 10.51	26.51 ± 4.31
			F	2.572	2.972	2.131
			P value	0.078	0.053	0.120

^aP < 0.05, compared to the father's education level of postgraduate or above.

SAS: Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: Self-Rating Depression Scale; SES: the Self-Esteem Scale.