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Table 5 - Multi-group path analysis for the prediction of positive mental health and mental health problems by lifestyle factors in German and Chinese students (matched data set)

From: Lifestyle choices and mental health: a longitudinal survey with German and Chinese students

Outcome	Positive mental health (PMH)					Mental health problems (MHP)
Fixed effects	β	SE (β)	t	p	d	β	SE (β)	t	p	d
Cross-sectional analysis
Gender (male/female)	−.04	0.01	−2.71	.007	0.07	.04	0.01	3.29	.001	0.09
Age	.00	0.02	−0.11	.916	0.00	−.05	0.02	−3.19	.001	0.09
Body mass index	−.03	0.02	−2.15	.031	0.06	.06	0.02	3.83	< .001	0.10
Physical activity	.12	0.01	8.45	< .001	0.23	−.05	0.01	−3.25	.001	0.09
Mental activity	.07	0.01	4.92	< .001	0.13	−.06	0.01	−4.87	< .001	0.13
Alcohol frequency	.00	0.02	0.03	.974	0.00	.03	0.02	2.37	.018	0.06
Smoking (no/yes)	−.06	0.02	−4.13	< .001	0.11	.10	0.02	6.43	< .001	0.17
Vegetarian diet (no/yes)	−.03	0.01	−2.31	.021	0.06	.07	0.01	6.15	< .001	0.16
Social rhythm irregularity	−.27	0.01	−20.98	< .001	0.56	.27	0.01	21.08	< .001	0.56
Longitudinal analysis
Positive mental health (PMH)	.42	0.02	19.99	< .001	0.53	−.11	0.02	−5.22	< .001	0.14
Mental health problems (MHP)	−.14	0.02	−6.18	< .001	0.17	.39	0.02	17.49	< .001	0.48
Gender	.00	0.02	0.16	.870	0.00	−.06	0.02	−2.75	.006	0.07
Age	.04	0.02	1.84	.065	0.05	−.05	0.02	−2.22	.027	0.06
Body mass index	−.04	0.02	−1.81	.070	0.05	−.03	0.02	−1.10	.273	0.03
Physical activity	.04	0.02	1.97	.048	0.05	−.02	0.02	−0.96	.335	0.03
Mental activity	−.01	0.02	−0.49	.624	0.01	−.01	0.02	−0.24	.808	0.01
Alcohol frequency	−.04	0.02	−1.79	.074	0.05	.03	0.02	1.49	.136	0.04
Smoking (no/yes)	.02	0.02	0.83	.406	0.02	.09	0.02	3.61	< .001	0.10
Vegetarian diet (no/yes)	.00	0.02	0.24	.810	0.01	.03	0.02	1.63	.103	0.04
Social rhythm irregularity	−.05	0.02	−2.44	.015	0.07	.06	0.02	2.81	.005	0.08

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