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Table 1 Demographic/personal characteristics and behavioral variables of students participated in the study (n = 1259)

From: Application of group smoothly clipped absolute deviation method in identifying correlates of psychiatric distress among college students

Variable

n (%)

Variable

n (%)

Sex

 

Optimistic about the future

 

 Male

494 (39.24)

 Yes

998 (79.27)

 Female

765 (60.76)

 No

261 (20.73)

Age group

 

Having a boy/girlfriend

 

 18–21

553 (43.92)

 Yes

651 (51.71)

 22–25

550 (43.69)

 No

608 (48.29)

 26–29

112 (8.90)

Having an emotional breakup

 

 ≥ 30

44 (3.49)

 Yes

420 (33.36)

Marital status

 

 No

839 (66.64)

 Never married

1052 (83.56)

Having homosexual intercourse

 

 Married

164 (13.03)

 Yes

100 (7.94)

 Divorced

43 (3.41)

 No

1159 (92.06)

City

 

Having heterosexual intercourse

 

 Hometown

382 (30.34)

 Yes

166 (13.19)

 Surrounding towns

396 (31.45)

 No

1093 (86.81)

 Towns of other provinces

481 (38.21)

Smoking during the previous month

 

Residence

 

 Yes

158 (12.55)

 Dormitory

889 (70.61)

 No

1101 (87.45)

 Parents’ house

370 (29.39)

Number of cigarettes per day

 

Birth order

 

 Non-smoker

1064 (84.51)

 1

445 (35.35)

 1–9

162 (12.87)

 2

397 (31.53)

 ≥ 10

33 (2.62)

 3

228 (18.11)

Substance abuse ever

 

 ≥ 4

189 (15.01)

 Yes

124 (9.85)

Father’s educational level

 

 No

1135 (90.15)

 Diploma

592 (47.02)

Substance abuse previous month

 

 BSc

436 (34.63)

 Yes

85 (6.75)

 MSc

166 (13.19)

 No

1174 (93.25)

 MD

65 (5.16)

Substance abuse previous year

 

Mother’s educational level

 

 Yes

52 (4.13)

 Diploma

805 (63.94)

 No

1207 (95.87)

 BSc

313 (24.86)

Having suicidal thoughts ever

 

 MSc

108 (8.58)

 Yes

204 (16.20)

 MD

33 (2.62)

 No

1055 (83.80)

College (study field)

 

Having suicidal thoughts previous month

 

 Medicine

366 (29.07)

 Yes

94 (7.47)

 Dentistry

103 (8.18)

 No

1165 (92.53)

 Public health

245 (19.46)

Having suicidal thoughts previous year

 

 Paramedical

249 (19.78)

 Yes

126 (10.00)

 Pharmacology

83 (6.59)

 No

1133 (90.00)

 Nursing/Midwifery

162 (12.87)

Having suicide attempt ever

 

 Rehabilitation

51 (4.05)

 Yes

104 (8.26)

The average grade of the previous semester

 

 No

1155 (91.74)

 < 14

176 (13.98)

Having suicide attempt previous month

 

 14–15.99

55 (4.37)

 Yes

49 (3.90)

 16–17.99

359 (28.52)

 No

1210 (96.10)

 ≥ 18

669 (53.13)

Having suicide attempt previous year

 

Educational level

 

 Yes

47 (3.73)

 BSc

599 (47.58)

 No

1212 (96.27)

 MSc

96 (7.63)

Hours of using social networks per day

 

 MD

520 (41.30)

 0

157 (12.47)

 Ph.D.

44 (3.49)

 0.5–5

794 (63.07)

Interest in the discipline

 

 ≥ 6

308 (24.46)

 Yes

1030 (81.81)

  

 No

229 (18.19)

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