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

BMC Psychology

Table 6 Logistic regression analyses for the association between coping strategies and both, the health anxiety level, and perceived stress level among domestic students

Dependent/outcome variables	Independent variables (coping strategy)	aOR	P-value	95% CI
Health anxiety^a	Cognitive restructuring	0.48	< 0.001	0.39–0.60
	Stress reduction	1.73	< 0.001	1.41–2.14
	Problem analysis	1.34	0.017	1.05–1.70
	Passive coping	1.12	0.133	0.95–1.43
Perceived stress^b	Cognitive restructuring	0.27	< 0.001	0.21–0.35
	Stress reduction	2.94	< 0.001	2.31–3.73
	Problem analysis	1.87	< 0.001	1.43–2.44
	Passive coping	1.05	0.68	0.84–1.30

aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval
^aModel (a): Health anxiety was treated as outcome dummy variable with median split; median 33.5. Model’s characteristics: χ²(1) = 0.553; p = 0.457; Nagelkerke R² = 0.116
^bModel (b): Perceived stress was treated as outcome dummy variable with median split; median 2.1429. Model’s characteristics: χ²(1) = 0.494; p = 0.482; Nagelkerke R² = 0.293

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