Observational Study
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World J Psychiatry. Apr 19, 2025; 15(4): 104625
Published online Apr 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i4.104625
Table 2 Distribution of media sources and prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms across the seven clusters identified from the cluster analysis, n (%)

Cluster 1 (n = 839)
Cluster 2 (n = 1209)
Cluster 3 (n = 1007)
Cluster 4 (n = 940)
Cluster 5 (n = 1469)
Cluster 6 (n = 1587)
Cluster 7 (n = 1422)
χ2
P value
Source
    Newspaper69 (8.2)618 (51.1)6 (0.6)3 (0.3)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)3507.478< 0.001
    Television595 (70.9)1081 (89.4)106 (10.5)575 (61.2)1469 (100.0)766 (48.3)821 (57.7)2626.667< 0.001
    Radio96 (11.4)971 (80.3)1 (0.1)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)5956.988< 0.001
    News portal579 (69.0)944 (78.1)571 (56.7)624 (66.4)905 (61.6)1587 (100.0)0 (0.0)3444.272< 0.001
    WeChat0 (0.0)1109 (91.7)888 (88.2)901 (95.9)1339 (91.2)1426 (89.9)1256 (88.3)4174.147< 0.001
    QQ85 (10.1)441 (36.5)26 (2.6)940 (100.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)5840.988< 0.001
    MicroBlog6 (0.7)597 (49.4)580 (57.6)458 (48.7)704 (47.9)672 (42.3)709 (49.9)767.076< 0.001
    News client570 (67.9)825 (68.2)105 (10.4)517 (55.0)0 (0.0)1587 (100.0)1422 (100.0)5276.014< 0.001
    Others43 (5.1)82 (6.8)274 (27.2)42 (4.5)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)1241.279< 0.001
Depressive symptoms244 (29.1)385 (31.8)434 (43.1)310 (33.0)544 (37.0)622 (39.2)574 (40.4)69.080< 0.001
Anxiety symptoms191 (22.8)303 (25.1)344 (34.2)254 (27.0)464 (31.6)540 (34.0)509 (35.8)80.613< 0.001