Table 1 Background characteristics of the participants
Variables | Participants n (%) | Depression | Anxiety | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | P value | No | Yes | P value | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
Gender | |||||||
 Male | 142 (28.9) | 89 (38.2) | 53 (20.5) | < 0.001 | 104 (37.8) | 38 (17.6) | < 0.001 |
 Female | 349 (71.1) | 144 (61.8) | 205 (79.5) |  | 171 (62.2) | 178 (82.6) |  |
Age group | |||||||
 < 21 | 91 (18.5) | 32 (13.7) | 59 (22.9) | 0.001 | 21 (7.6) | 70 (32.4) | < 0.001 |
 21–23 | 208 (42.4) | 92 (39.5) | 116 (45.0) |  | 134 (48.7) | 74 (34.3) |  |
 24–26 | 139 (28.3) | 86 (36.9) | 53 (20.5) |  | 96 (34.9) | 43 (19.9) |  |
  > 26 | 53 (10.8) | 23 (9.9) | 30 (11.6) |  | 24 (8.7) | 29 (13.4) |  |
Residence | |||||||
 Rural | 182 (37.1) | 75 (32.2) | 107 (41.5) | 0.033 | 96 (34.9) | 86 (39.8) | 0.264 |
 Urban | 309 (62.9) | 158 (67.8) | 151 (58.5) |  | 179 (65.1) | 130 (60.2) |  |
Relationship status | |||||||
 Single | 348 (70.9) | 155 (66.5) | 193 (74.8) | 0.001 | 193 (70.2) | 155 (71.8) | 0.001 |
 Married | 86 (17.5) | 57 (24.5) | 29 (11.2) |  | 57 (20.7) | 29 (13.4) |  |
 In a relationship | 57 (11.6) | 21 (9.0) | 36 (14.0) |  | 25 (9.1) | 32 (14.8) |  |
Education | |||||||
 Undergraduate | 358 (72.9) | 165 (70.8) | 193 (74.8) | 0.320 | 211 (76.7) | 147 (68.1) | 0.032 |
 Graduate | 133 (27.1) | 68 (29.2) | 65 (25.2) |  | 64 (23.3) | 69 (31.9) |  |
Skin tone | |||||||
 Fair | 200 (40.7) | 104 (44.6) | 96 (37.2) | 0.010 | 109 (39.6) | 91 (42.1) | 0.073 |
 Brown | 266 (54.2) | 124 (53.2) | 142 (55.0) |  | 157 (57.1) | 109 (50.5) |  |
 Dark | 25 (5.1) | 5 (2.1) | 20 (7.8) |  | 9 (3.3) | 16 (7.4) |  |
Sleeping problem | |||||||
 Yes | 326 (66.4) | 179 (76.8) | 147 (57.0) |  < -0.001 | 224 (81.5) | 102 (47.2) | < 0.001 |
 No | 165 (33.6) | 54 (23.2) | 111 (43.0) |  | 51 (18.5) | 114 (52.8) |  |
Social media account | |||||||
  ≤ 2 | 324 (66.0) | 163 (70.0) | 161 (62.4) | 0.078 | 192 (69.8) | 132 (61.1) | 0.043 |
  > 2 | 167 (34.0) | 70 (30.0) | 97 (37.6) |  | 83 (30.2) | 84 (38.9) |  |
Time spend social media | |||||||
  < 2 h | 59 (12.0) | 36 (15.5) | 23 (8.9) | 0.002 | 42 (15.3) | 17 (7.9) | 0.031 |
 2–4 h | 161 (32.8) | 87 (37.3) | 74 (28.7) |  | 91 (33.1) | 70 (59.7) |  |
  > 4 h | 271 (55.2) | 110 (4.2) | 161 (62.4) |  | 142 (51.6) | 129 (59.7) |  |
Mostly victimized by | |||||||
 Friends | 91 (18.5) | 36 (15.5) | 55 (21.3) |  < 0.001 | 46 (16.7) | 45 (20.8) |  < 0.001 |
 Relatives | 32 (6.5) | 16 (6.9) | 16 (6.2) |  | 6 (2.2) | 26 (12.0) |  |
 Academic personnel | 32 (6.5) | 2 (0.9) | 30 (11.6) |  | 2 (0.7) | 30 (13.9) |  |
 Unknown individual | 336 (68.4) | 179 (76.8) | 157 (60.9) |  | 221 (80.4) | 115 (53.3) |  |
Suicidal thinking for excessive victimization | |||||||
 No | 406 (82.7) | 217 (93.1) | 189 (73.3) | < 0.001 | 260 (94.5) | 146 (67.6) |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 85 (17.3) | 16 (6.9) | 69 (26.7) |  | 15 (5.5) | 70 (32.4) |  |
CV score | |||||||
 (Mean ± SD) | 32.11 ± 13.90 | 24.99 ± 5.35 | 38.54 ± 15.97 |  < 0.001 | 25.98 ± 6.18 | 39.92 ± 16.80 |  < 0.001 |