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Table 4 Professional psychological help-seeking status among LBC with NSSI and compared with NLBC with NSSI

From: Non-suicidal self-injury and professional psychological help-seeking among Chinese left-behind children: prevalence and influencing factors

 

LBC with NSSI

NLBC with NSSI

χ2

p

Variables

Help-seeking (%)

OR(95%CI)

Help-seeking (%)

  

Gender (N, %)

 Boy

22(22.2)

1

28(22.2)

0.000

1.000

 Girl

40(21.9)

0.98 (0.54–1.77)

41(17.6)

1.187

0.276

Learning stage (N, %)

 Primary school

14(25.5)

1

20(21.9)

0.617

0.432

 Junior middle school

24(19.7)

0.72 (0.34–1.52)

32(18.6)

0.053

0.818

 Senior middle school

24(22.9)

0.81 (0.41–1.85)

17(19.5)

0.312

0.577

Residence

 County town

24(21.1)

1

39(17.1)

0.788

0.375

 Rural area

38(22.6)

1.10 (0.62–1.95)

30(22.9)

0.003

0.954

Boarder (N, %)

 No

36(21.3)

 

52(18.6)

0.473

0.492

 Yes

26(23.0)

1.10 (0.62–1.96)

17(21.2)

0.084

0.772

Only child (N, %)

 No

49(21.2)

1

60(19.0)

0.414

0.520

 Yes

13(25.5)

1.27 (0.63–2.57)

9(20.9)

0.271

0.603

Family structure types (N, %)

 Nuclear families

38(20.7)

1

60(20.1)

0.019

0.891

 Single-parent families

14(22.6)

1.12 (0.56–2.24)

7(26.9)

0.190

0.663

 Remarried families

10(27.8)

1.48 (0.66–3.33)

3(12.0)

2.190

0.139

  1. NSSI Non-suicidal self-injury, NLBC Non-left behind children, LBC Left-behind children
  2. P: Difference significance test of the professional psychological help-seeking status between subgroups in the LBC and NLBC with NSSI