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HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTSmeans of the present sample are a little higher than those of the normative sample.The difference is greatest for the Anxiety scale.Table 36Depression scaleItems Mean SD 0Not at allF3. I couldn’t seem to experience any positivefeeling at all. (n=974)F5. I found it difficult to work up the initiativeto do things. (n=975)F10. I felt that I had nothing to look forward to.(n=974)Percentage ratings1To somedegree2To aconsiderable degree3Verymuch0.7 0.7 48.9 39.2 10.3 1.61.0 0.9 32.0 39.8 20.4 7.80.6 0.8 61.8 24.5 10.4 3.3F13. I felt down-hearted and blue. (n=971) 0.8 0.9 46.1 35.6 13.3 4.9F16. I was unable to become enthusiastic about 0.6 0.8 55.5 31.2 9.8 3.5anything. (n=974)F17. I felt I wasn’t worth much as a person.(n=973)0.4 0.7 72.7 18.2 6.8 2.4F21. I felt that life was meaningless. (n=976) 0.4 0.7 74.9 18.0 4.0 3.1Scale score: Depression (n=963) 0.6 0.6Depression scale score (DASS21 scoring) 8.7 8.46.34 6.97Depression normative sample statistics (DASS21scoring)The percentage distributions for item ratings on all three scales show that a highpercentage of students have given low ratings to items (ratings 0 or 1), while thepercentage of students giving the highest item rating of 3 is small. The histograms forthe three scales presented in Figure 1 also illustrate the fact that most students havelow scores on each of these scales, although a small number do have extreme scalescores that are of concern.Table 37Anxiety scaleItems Mean SD 0Not at allPercentage ratings1To somedegree2To aconsiderable degreeF2. I was aware of dryness in my mouth. (n=972) 1.1 1.0 35.5 31.8 22.6 10.10.3 0.6 77.1 16.5 4.7 1.6F4. I experienced breathing difficulty (eg.excessively rapid breathing, breathlessness in theabsence of physical exertion). (n=974)F7. I experienced trembling (eg. in the hands).(n=975)F9. I was worried about situations in which Imight panic and make a fool of myself. (n=976)3Verymuch0.3 0.6 78.1 16.6 3.6 1.70.9 0.9 42.4 33.7 16.8 7.1F15. I felt I was close to panic. (n=973) 0.5 0.8 64.9 23.9 8.2 3.00.4 0.7 71.8 19.6 6.1 2.6F19. I was aware of the action of my heart in theabsence of physical exertion (eg. sense of heartrate increase, heart missing a beat). (n=971)F20. I felt scared without any good reason. (n=974) 0.4 0.7 73.1 18.0 6.7 2.3Scale score: Anxiety (n=961) 0.5 0.5Anxiety scale score (DASS21 scoring) 7.6 7.3Anxiety normative sample statisticsscoring)(DASS214.70 4.91Russell, Rosenthal & Thomson, 2006 65