Data Sheet 1_A cross-sectional network analysis of courage, fresh start mindset, and depre

Chinese adolescents were surveyed to examine the network of associations between courage, fresh start mindset, and depression. The dataset contains cross-sectional survey data from 18,484 participants, collected by Kaiying He and last updated in June 2026. It was analyzed using Gaussian graphical models and network comparison tests to explore differences across gender and educational stage.

Use Cases

• Analyze network structures of psychological constructs based on Gaussian graphical models.
• Compare network configurations across demographic groups based on gender and educational stage.
• Identify bridge nodes between protective resources and depression based on bridge expected influence.
• Replicate or extend network comparison tests based on the described methodology.

Strengths

• Large sample size of 18,484 participants.
• Analysis includes network comparison tests across gender and educational stage.
• Dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for open reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (5.0 KB), suggesting it may contain processed results or summary statistics rather than raw survey responses.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Survey data collection from Chinese adolescents.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 05:33:06; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China