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Table 5 Prevalence of clinically significant depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 22) by classification of participants in terms of the number of stressful life events and total score on the LESS scale

From: The association between stressful life events and depressive symptoms among Cypriot university students: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

Life Events Scale for Students (LESS) (N = 1500)

Total

Classification of participants according to reported life events on LESS

Prevalence of Depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 22)

X2

DF

P value

  

N

%

N

%

   

Number of events in LESS

0

35

2.3

7

20.0

40.62

4

< 0.001

1-3

339

22.6

62

20.4

4-7

753

50.4

176

25.8

8-11

288

19.2

99

38.5

12- 21

85

4.8

30

45.1

Total Score in LESS

0-49

88

5.9

15

17.0

70.63

4

< 0.001

50-149

314

21.0

54

17.2

150-241

356

23.9

82

22.9

242-350

357

23.7

104

29.3

 

351-1100

385

25.5

164

42.8

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