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World J Psychiatry. Jan 19, 2026; 16(1): 111778
Published online Jan 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i1.111778
Published online Jan 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i1.111778
Table 1 Comparison of negative emotion detection rates of students with different characteristics
| Variable | n (%) | Depression | Anxiety | Stress | |||
| n (%) | P value | n (%) | P value | n (%) | P value | ||
| Total | 494 (100) | 321 (65.0) | - | 343 (69.4) | - | 251 (50.8) | - |
| Gender | 0.024 | - | 0.355 | - | 0.152 | ||
| Male | 205 (41.5) | 145 (70.7) | 147 (71.7) | 112 (54.6) | |||
| Female | 289 (58.5) | 176 (60.9) | 196 (67.8) | 139 (48.1) | |||
| Grade | 0.947 | - | 0.747 | - | 0.213 | ||
| 22 | 67 (13.6) | 43 (64.2) | 48 (71.6) | 27 (40.3) | |||
| 21 | 101 (20.4) | 66 (65.3) | 71 (70.3) | 49 (48.5) | |||
| 20 | 275 (55.7) | 177 (64.4) | 186 (67.6) | 146 (53.1) | |||
| 19 | 51 (10.3) | 35 (68.6) | 38 (74.5) | 29 (56.9) | |||
| Home address | 0.014 | - | 0.298 | - | 0.317 | ||
| Henan Province | 174 (35.2) | 106 (60.9) | 121 (69.5) | 89 (51.1) | |||
| Non-Zhengzhou | 231 (46.8) | 165 (71.4)a | 166 (71.9) | 123 (53.2) | |||
| Zhengzhou | 89 (18.0) | 50 (56.2) | 56 (62.9) | 39 (43.8) | |||
| Household | 0.044 | - | 0.110 | - | 0.386 | ||
| City | 281 (56.9) | 172 (61.2) | 187 (66.5) | 138 (49.1) | |||
| Country | 213 (43.1) | 149 (70.0) | 156 (73.2) | 113 (53.1) | |||
| Family economic situation | 0.005 | - | 0.127 | - | 0.017 | ||
| Superior | 8 (1.6) | 7 (87.5) | 7 (87.5) | 6 (75.0) | |||
| Well | 108 (21.9) | 60 (55.6)b | 70 (64.8) | 50 (46.3) | |||
| Normal | 291 (58.9) | 186 (63.9) | 198 (68.0) | 139 (47.8)b | |||
| Low-income | 87 (17.6) | 68 (78.2) | 68 (78.2) | 56 (64.4) | |||
| Major | 0.751 | - | 0.104 | - | 0.187 | ||
| Science | 84 (17.0) | 56 (66.7) | 55 (65.5) | 41 (48.8) | |||
| Humanities | 148 (30.0) | 97 (65.5) | 109 (73.6) | 78 (52.7) | |||
| Engineering | 150 (30.4) | 100 (66.7) | 110 (73.3) | 84 (56.0) | |||
| Medicine | 112 (22.7) | 68 (60.7) | 69 (61.6) | 48 (42.9) | |||
| Frequency of sleeping late/week | 0.003 | - | 0.016 | - | 0.024 | ||
| 0-1 | 43 (8.7) | 22 (51.2)c | 22 (51.2)c | 17 (39.5) | |||
| 2-3 | 107 (21.7) | 58 (54.2)c | 69 (64.5) | 45 (42.1) | |||
| 4-5 | 114 (23.1) | 76 (66.7) | 83 (72.8) | 57 (50.0) | |||
| 6-7 | 230 (46.6) | 165 (71.7) | 169 (73.5) | 132 (57.4) | |||
| Frequency of contact with parents/week | 0.019 | - | 0.181 | - | 0.294 | ||
| 0-1 | 123 (24.9) | 94 (76.4)d | 94 (76.4) | 71 (57.7) | |||
| 2-3 | 210 (42.5) | 126 (60.0) | 143 (68.1) | 102 (48.6) | |||
| 4-5 | 90 (18.2) | 58 (64.4) | 62 (68.9) | 46 (51.1) | |||
| 6-7 | 71 (14.4) | 43 (60.6) | 44 (62.0) | 32 (45.1) | |||
| Academic stress | < 0.001 | - | < 0.001 | - | < 0.001 | ||
| Yes | 377 (76.3) | 268 (71.1) | 280 (74.3) | 215 (57.0) | |||
| No | 117 (23.7) | 53 (45.3) | 63 (53.8) | 36 (30.8) | |||
| Same-sex friends | < 0.001 | - | < 0.001 | - | < 0.001 | ||
| Non | 93 (18.8) | 76 (81.7)e | 77 (82.8)e | 62 (66.7)e | |||
| 1-2 | 241 (48.8) | 162 (67.2)e | 170 (70.5) | 125 (51.9)e | |||
| 3-4 | 121 (24.5) | 58 (47.9) | 69 (57.0) | 45 (37.2) | |||
| 5 or more | 39 (7.9) | 25 (64.1) | 27 (69.2) | 19 (48.7) | |||
| Opposite-sex friends | 0.096 | - | 0.045 | - | 0.082 | ||
| Non | 254 (51.4) | 171 (67.3) | 183 (72.0)e | 130 (51.2) | |||
| 1-2 | 205 (41.5) | 133 (64.9) | 140 (68.3) | 106 (51.7) | |||
| 3-4 | 24 (4.9) | 10 (41.7) | 11 (45.8) | 7 (29.2) | |||
| 5 or more | 11 (2.2) | 7 (63.6) | 9 (81.8) | 8 (72.7) | |||
- Citation: Zhao SX, Han T, Bi WZ, Fei LL, Han LL, Wang YL, Ping ZG, Wang CJ, Hao CF, Xin YJ. Emotion regulation habits and emotional states of college students during lockdown: A cross-sectional survey. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(1): 111778
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v16.i1.111778