Prevalence and its associated factors of depressive symptoms among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 5 Relationship between PSS, hope and the prevalence of depressive symptoms

Variables	N (%)	Depressive symptoms		χ²	P-value
Variables	N (%)	No, n (%)	Yes, n (%)	χ²	P-value
Perceived social support				173.232	< 0.001
Moderate	484 (28.8)	88 (18.2)	396 (81.8)
High	1197 (71.2)	638 (53.3)	559 (46.7)
Hope				415.912	< 0.001
Moderate	495 (29.4)	25 (5.1)	470 (94.9)
High	1186 (70.6)	701 (59.1)	485 (40.9)

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