Factors Associated with Self-Esteem, Resilience, Mental Health, and Psychological Self-Care Among University Students in Northern Thailand

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Table 1 General Characteristics of University Students (N=729)

Variables	Number	%
Age (years)
Min=18, Max=24, Median =20, IQR=1 (20–21)
Gender
Male	130	17.8
Female	599	82.2
Income per month
≤5000 Baht (USD158)	551	75.6
≥5000 Baht (USD158)	178	24.4
Perceived income sufficiency
Insufficient	394	54.0
Sufficient	335	46.0
Incurrent disease/Medical history
No	525	72.0
Yes	204	28.0
Types of disease (n=204)
Migraine	43	21.0
Gastritis	30	14.7
Allergy	30	14.7
Obesity	30	14.7
Hypertension	22	10.7
Depression	16	7.8
Anemia	15	7.4
Muscle weakness	10	5.0
Systemic lupus erythematosus	8	4.0
Perceived weight status
Thin	92	12.6
Normal	377	51.7
Overweight	88	12.1
Obesity	172	23.6
Relationship with friends
No good	198	27.2
Good	531	72.8
Relationship with family
No good	223	30.6
Good	506	69.4
Self-esteem
Low (scores <26)	382	52.4
High (scores ≥26)	347	47.6
Min=10, Max=37, Median =25, IQR=3 (24–27)
Resilience
Low (scores <66)	466	63.9
High (scores ≥66)	263	36.1
Min=48, Max=82, Median =65, IQR=7 (61–68)
Mental health problem
No (scores <6)	134	18.4
Yes (scores ≥6)	595	81.6
Min=2, Max=25, Median =10, IQR=7 (7–14)
Psychological self-care
Low (scores <88)	375	51.4
High (scores ≥88)	354	48.6
Min=58, Max=169, Median =87, IQR=14 (81–95)

Table 2 Backward Logistic Regression Between Predictors and Self-Esteem, Resilience, Mental Health, and Psychological Self-Care of University Students (N=729)

Factor	B	S.E.	Wald	Sig.	OR (95% CI)
High self-esteem (scores ≥26)
Good relationship with family	1.43	0.18	63.21	<0.001	4.17 (2.93, 5.93)
High resilience (scores ≥66)
Good relationship with friends	0.45	0.18	6.21	0.013	1.57 (1.10, 2.23)
Mental health problem (scores ≥6)
Having incurrent disease	0.52	0.25	4.15	0.042	1.68 (1.02, 2.77)
Good relationship with family	−0.50	0.24	4.26	0.039	0.60 (0.37, 0.97)
High psychological self-care (scores ≥88)
Gender: female	0.40	0.20	3.97	0.046	1.49 (1.01, 2.20)
Perceived weight status
Normal	Ref.		9.51	0.023
Thin	−0.59	0.24	6.08	0.014	0.55 (0.35, 0.89)
Overweight	−0.45	0.24	3.47	0.063	0.64 (0.40, 1.02)
Obesity	−0.38	0.19	4.04	0.044	0.69 (0.47, 0.99)
Good relationship with family	0.54	0.17	10.69	0.001	1.72 (1.24, 2.38)

Abbreviations: B, regression coefficient; S.E., standard error; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; Ref., reference group.