Table 2.

Mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation with the total ESE score and critical ratio of the ESE-scale items (N = 1,123).

Item	Mean	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis	Correlation with the		Critical ratio
					total ESE score	subscale total score
Q1	3.84	1.253	–0.919	–0.175	0.468**	0.886**	14.548**
Q2	3.99	1.250	–1.160	0.279	0.441**	0.881**	12.650**
Q3	3.90	1.218	–1.059	0.199	0.467**	0.888**	14.262**
Q4	3.99	1.075	–1.119	0.814	0.667**	0.882**	23.932**
Q5	3.96	1.056	–1.085	0.857	0.634**	0.880**	22.458**
Q6	4.02	1.031	–1.153	1.105	0.605**	0.877**	19.191**
Q7	3.90	1.017	–1.003	0.879	0.628**	0.872**	22.502**
Q8	3.82	1.057	–0.831	0.285	0.616**	0.880**	23.480**
Q9	3.71	1.125	–0.769	0.026	0.592**	0.890**	22.092**
Q10	4.05	1.086	–1.215	0.973	0.617**	0.882**	22.004**
Q11	3.99	1.073	–1.142	0.925	0.576**	0.863**	19.849**
Q12	3.90	1.236	–1.046	0.138	0.591**	0.891**	20.360**

^** p < 0.01.