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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants

From: The mediating effect of psychological capital on the relationship between psychological stress and distress among chinese nursing students: a cross-sectional study

Variables

n (%)

 

M ± SD

T/F

P

Gender

Male

302 (84.1)

2.48 ± 0.49

1.690

0.194

 

Female

57 (15.9)

2.38 ± 0.58

  

Only child

Yes

85 (23.7)

2.37 ± 0.51

3.234

0.073

 

No

274 (76.3)

2.49 ± 0.51

  

Educational level

Undergraduate

nursing students

356 (99.2)

2.46 ± 0.51

3.953

0.048

 

specialist nursing students

3 (0.8)

1.88 ± 0.79

  

Likes nursing profession

Like

157 (43.7)

2.35 ± 0.48

7.315

0.001

 

Dislike

20 (5.6)

2.54 ± 0.52

  
 

Generally like

182 (50.7)

2.55 ± 0.51

  

Whether you want to pursue nursing in the future

Yes

301 (83.8)

2.43 ± 0.51

7.080

0.008

 

No

58 (16.2)

2.62 ± 0.48

  

Place of residence

City

108 (30.1)

2.43 ± 0.51

0.517

0.473

 

Countryside

251 (69.9)

2.47 ± 0.51

  
  1. The correlations between psychological distress, psychological capital, and each positive psychological capital domain are illustrated in Table 2