TABLE 4.
Z-scores and p-values for two-tailed test of the difference between two dependent correlations for each EE metric and scores for SHS, CES-D10, WLI, and ITL using Fisher’s transformation.
| EE9item vs. EE5item | EE9item vs. EE1item5pt | EE5item vs. EE1item5pt | EE9item vs. EE1item7pt | EE5item vs. EE1item7pt | EE1item5pt vs. EE1item7pt | |||||||
| Z-score | p | Z-score | p | Z-score | p | Z-score | p | Z-score | p | Z-score | p | |
| SHS | 1.671 | 0.095 | −4.08 | <0.001** | −5.377 | <0.001** | −4.998 | <0.001** | −5.664 | <0.001** | −2.209 | 0.027* |
| CES-D10 | 1.151 | 0.250 | 6.12 | <0.001** | 5.814 | <0.001** | 3.903 | <0.001** | 3.458 | 0.001* | −0.252 | 0.801 |
| WLI | −1.695 | 0.090 | 7.237 | <0.001** | 8.774 | <0.001** | 4.514 | <0.001** | 5.186 | <0.001** | −0.355 | 0.723 |
| ITL | −2.876 | 0.004* | 4.6 | <0.001** | 6.683 | <0.001** | 7.793 | <0.001** | 8.969 | <0.001** | 4.582 | <0.001** |
P-values indicated as * for < 0.01, and ** for < 0.001. Values larger than | 1.96| are considered significant using a two-tailed test, and the Z-score produced is negative if the first correlation coefficient entered into the formula is smaller than the second (Lee and Preacher, 2013). Values were entered in the order listed in the heading for each column (e.g., EE9item vs. EE5item results show no difference for SHS, CES-D10 and WLI, but that EE5item is more strongly associated with ITL). A positive Z-score indicates that the first item listed in the heading had a stronger correlation, except for SHS values which were negatively correlated with EE so the relationship is reversed. For the SHS values, a negative Z score indicates that the first EE metric in the heading is more strongly correlated. EE9item, 9-item emotional exhaustion metric; EE5item, 5-item emotional exhaustion metric; EE1item5pt, single item emotional exhaustion metric using 5-point agree-disagree scale; EE1item7pt, single item emotional exhaustion metric using 7-point frequency response scale; CES-D10, center for epidemiological studies depression scale 10-item; SHS, subjective happiness scale; WLI, work-life integration; ITL, intention to leave current position.