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 | ||
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 |  | 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 |  |  |  |