Health anxiety, perceived stress, and coping styles in the shadow of the COVID-19

BMC Psychology

Table 5 Logistic regression analysis for the association between coping strategies and both, the health anxiety level, and perceived stress level among international students

Dependent/outcome variables	Independent variables (coping strategy)	aOR	P-value	95% CI
Health anxiety^a	Wishful thinking	3.24	< 0.001	2.18–4.82
	Goal-oriented	0.60	0.015	0.39–0.90
	Thinking it over	1.22	0.294	0.84–1.77
	Avoidance	1.02	0.910	0.72–1.44
Perceived stress^b	Wishful thinking	6.74	< 0.001	4.09–11.12
	Goal-oriented	0.31	< 0.001	0.19–0.51
	Thinking it over	0.58	0.010	0.38–0.88
	Avoidance	1.23	0.282	0.84–1.80

aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval
^aModel (a): Health anxiety was treated as outcome dummy variable with median split; median 35. Model’s characteristics: χ²(1) = 16.148; p < 0.001; Nagelkerke R² = 0.177
^bModel (b): Perceived stress was treated as outcome dummy variable with median split; median 2,4. Model’s characteristics: χ²(1) = 7.179; p = 0.007; Nagelkerke R² = 0.370

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