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HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTSAn aggregated score of the three forms of self-harm was calculated for each student.This provided evidence that some students engaged in multiple forms of self-harm: 13students gained a score of 3 and 15 gained a score of 2. Almost all of these studentsare female, single, from Asian countries and perceive their academic progress to beeither worse than expected or about the same as expected.Table 72Comparison of students who have and have not engaged in self-harmForms of self-harmScalesConnectednessscaleDeliberately hurtself(n=968)Did something tothat could harm/killself (n=969)Thought abouttaking own life(n=966)Yes: No: Yes: No: Yes: No:Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean1.90 2.02 1.84 2.02 1.70 2.05***CulturalscaleStress1.47 1.17** 1.41 1.17* 1.43 1.15***Depression scale 1.08 .60** 1.32 .60** 1.25 .55***Anxiety scale .88 .53** 1.18 .53** .94 .50***Stress scale 1.33 .82*** 1.54 .82** 1.39 .77***Abuse and DistressscalePerceptions ofDrug Use scalePerceptions ofAlcohol Use scale2.60 1.30** 2.78 1.30** 2.53 1.23***.12 .07 .35 .06 .16 .06*.96 .57*** 1.23 .57** .86 .56**Perceptions of .35 .10* .50 .10** .18 .10Gambling/SmokingscaleThe difference in scale score between those who do and do not harm themselves is significant at the*.05 level, **.01 level, ***.001 level.When the results of all students are taken into account, female students have asignificantly higher aggregated score than male students 317 , as do students whoseperceived academic progress is worse than expected 318 . There is also a main effectfor course type on the total self-harm score, with undergraduate students having thehighest average score 319 .Significant demographic and scale variables were entered into a multiple linearregression analysis. The model that was achieved (F(2,154)=47.33, p