Table 1 Respondent characteristics (n = 1859). a1 CNY = 0.1543 USD on August 14, 2021. BMI body mass index, GPA grade point average, CNY China Yuan, USD United States dollar.

From: Factors affecting social phobia among Chinese college students in the context of COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Total

n (%)

Social phobia score

median (P25–P75)

Characteristic

Total

n (%)

Social phobia score

median (P25–P75)

Demographic information

 Childhood bullying experience

 Gender

  Never

756 (40.7)

5.0 (1.0–12.0)

  Male

1002 (53.9)

12.0 (4.0–24.8)

  Seldom

709 (38.1)

10 (4–20)

  Female

857 (46.1)

8.0 (3.0–18.0)

  Sometimes

326 (17.5)

23.5 (14.0–31.0)

 Nation

  Often

68 (3.7)

32.5 (21.0–38.5)

  Ethnic Han

1763 (94.8)

10.0 (3.0–22.0)

Family Information

  Ethnic minorities

96 (5.2)

9.5 (2.8–16.0)

 Monthly household income per capitaa

 Economic zone

  < 2000 CNY

108 (5.8)

12.0 (5.0–23.2)

  Eastern

911 (49.0)

10.0 (3.0–22.0)

  (< 309 USD)

  

  Central

481 (25.9)

11.0 (4.0–22.0)

  2000–5000 CNY

527 (28.3)

12.0 (4.0–22.0)

  Western

382 (20.5)

11.0 (4.0–21.0)

  (309–772 USD)

  

  Northeast

85 (4.6)

6.0 (2.0–12.0)

  5000–10,000 CNY

720 (38.7)

10.0 (3.0–21.0)

 Region

  (772–1543 USD)

  

  Urban

1257 (67.6)

10.0 (3.0–22.0)

  > 10,000 CNY

504 (27.1)

7.50 (2.0–20.0)

  Rural

602 (32.4)

11.0 (4.0–21.0)

  (> 1543 USD)

  

 College type

 Family structure

  Non-985

1307 (70.3)

11.0 (3.0–23.0)

  Two-parents family

1698 (91.3)

9.0 (3.0–20.8)

  985

552 (29.7)

9.0 (3.0–18.2)

  Single parent family

104 (5.6)

19.0 (8.8–28.0)

 Grade

  Restructured family

37 (2.0)

23.0 (14.0–33.0)

  1

229 (12.3)

12.0 (5.0–23.0)

  Others

20 (1.1)

15.0 (8.0–28.2)

  2

600 (32.3)

11.0 (3.0–24.0)

 Parenting style

  3

688 (37.0)

10.0 (3.0–21.0)

  Authoritative

1293 (69.6)

8.0 (3.0–20.0)

  4 or 5

277 (14.9)

8.0 (3.0–19.0)

  Authoritarian

233 (12.5)

16.0 (7.0–26.0)

  Postgraduate

65 (3.5)

6.0 (2.0–12.0)

  Neglectful

295 (15.9)

12.0 (5.0–23.5)

 Major

  Permissive

38 (2.0)

16.0 (7.2–28.8)

  Literature or history

345 (18.6)

10.0 (3.0–21.0)

 Closeness of family relationship

  Science or technology

911 (49.0)

11.0 (3.0–23.0)

  Close

1405 (75.6)

8.0 (3.0–19.0)

  Medicine

342 (18.4)

10.0 (4.0–20.0)

  General

411 (22.1)

16.0 (8.0–27.0)

  Economy or management

177 (9.5)

9.0 (3.0–17.0)

  Alienated

43 (2.3)

20.0 (12.5–25.0)

  Others

84 (4.5)

14.0 (3.0–22.2)

 Number of siblings

 GPA ranking

  0

873 (47.0)

8.0 (3.0–19.0)

  Top 20%

323 (17.4)

8.0 (3.0–16.0)

  1

676 (36.4)

11.0 (4.0–21.0)

  20–40%

731 (39.3)

10.0 (3.0–21.0)

  2

253 (13.6)

16.0 (7.0–28.0)

  40–60%

573 (30.8)

11.0 (4.0–23.0)

  ≥ 3

57 (3.1)

11.0 (4.0–22.0)

  60–80%

179 (9.6)

10.0 (3.0–23.5)

 Childhood adversity experience

  After 80%

53 (2.9)

17.0 (8.0–25.0)

  Never

756 (40.7)

5.0 (1.0–12.0)

 BMI

  Seldom

709 (38.1)

10 (4–20)

  Normal

1198 (64.4)

10.0 (3.0–22.0)

  Sometimes

326 (17.5)

23.5 (14.0–31.0)

  Overweight

193 (10.4)

9.0 (3.0–20.0)

  Often

68 (3.7)

32.5 (21.0–38.5)

  Obesity

57 (3.1)

13.0 (6.0–28.0)

Self-evaluation

  Underweight

411 (22.1)

10.0 (4.0–21.0)

 Mobile phone dependence

 Exercise frequency

  No

462 (24.9)

4.0 (0.0–8.0)

  < Once a week

438 (23.6)

14.0 (6.0–23.0)

  General

863 (46.4)

10.0 (4.0–21.0)

  1–2 times a week

882 (47.4)

12.0 (4.0–24.0)

  Yes

534 (28.7)

18.0 (10.0–29.0)

  ≥ 3 times a week

539 (29.0)

6.0 (2.0–14.0)

 Appearance satisfaction

Social relations

  Not very satisfied

317 (17.1)

17.0 (9.0–26.0)

 Being in love now

  Moderately satisfied

858 (46.2)

11.0 (5.0–21.0)

  No

958 (51.5)

11.0 (4.0–22.0)

  Quite satisfied

684 (36.8)

6.0 (2.0–17.0)

  Yes

901 (48.5)

9.0 (3.0–21.0)

 Mental health self-assessment

 Number of love affairs

  Not very healthy

116 (6.2)

21.0 (12.0–30.0)

  0

445 (23.9)

11.0 (4.0–21.0)

  Moderately healthy

626 (33.7)

17.0 (9.0–26.0)

  1–2

1233 (66.3)

10.0 (3.0–22.0)

  Quite healthy

1117 (60.1)

6.0 (2.0–15.0)

  ≥ 3

181 (9.7)

9.0 (3.0–18.0)

 Degree of trust in strangers

 Student organizations participation

  Not very trust

585 (31.5)

12.0 (5.0–21.0)

  Ever

1373 (73.9)

9.0 (3.0–21.0)

  Moderately trust

845 (45.5)

9.0 (3.0–21.0)

  Never

486 (26.1)

13.0 (5.0–24.0)

  Quite trust

429 (23.1)

8.0 (3.0–25.0)