A Latent Profile Analysis of Anxiety among Junior High School Students in Less Developed Rural Regions of China

Xiaotong Wen, Yixiang Lin, Yuchen Liu, Katie Starcevich, Fang Yuan, Xiuzhu Wang, Xiaoxu Xie and Zhaokang Yuan
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Xiaotong Wen: School of Public Health, Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
Yixiang Lin: School of Public Health, Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
Yuchen Liu: Biology Department, Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Katie Starcevich: School of Community Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Fang Yuan: Office of Public Health Studies, the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Xiuzhu Wang: Administration Office of Floating Population, Jiangxi Provincial Health Committee, Nanchang 330006, China
Xiaoxu Xie: School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350000, China
Zhaokang Yuan: School of Public Health, Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to understand the potential types of anxiety among middle school students by analyzing the current situation of middle school students’ anxiety and its influencing factor. This study used a multistage stratified cluster random sampling to investigate students in grades 9 to 12. Mplus 7.4 was used for latent profile analysis. A total of 900 junior high school students were investigated. The junior high school students were divided into three subgroups by latent profile analysis. A total of 223 junior high school students experienced severe anxiety, accounting for 24.78%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that males are more likely to develop moderate and severe anxiety. The development of severe anxiety (OR = 0.562, p < 0.05) is less likely for students in schools with adequate mental health support. Students who were confident with their academic performances were less likely to develop moderate anxiety (OR = 0.377, p < 0.05). Students with extreme academic pressure are more likely to develop moderate anxiety (OR = 6.523, p < 0.05) and severe anxiety (OR = 11.579, p < 0.05). It is recommended that mental health counseling be set up in schools and to provide professional counselors to prevent serious anxiety for students. This paper also demonstrates a need to reduce students’ academic pressure.

Keywords: rural; junior high school students; anxiety; latent profile analysis; academic pressure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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