Table 3.

Correlation matrix between variables of the ARI, the CTD, the PPS, the academic semester, and the grade point average in nursing students (n = 283)

Variables	Academic semester	GPA	Age	ARI	orientation toward the future	problem-oriented/positive thinking	Communication skills	CTD	Perfectionism	Commitment	Creativity	PPS
Academic semester	1
GPA	0.103	1
Age	0.436**	−0.007	1
ARI	0.080	0.042	0.019	1
Orientation toward the future	0.062	0.043	0.034	0.752**	1
Problem-oriented/positive thinking	0.038	−0.030	0.009	0.719**	0.466**	1
Communication skills	0.079	0.055	0.007	0.898**	0.454**	0.488**	1
CTD	0.120*	0.039	0.088	0.440**	0.479**	0.428**	0.264**	1
Perfectionism	0.032	−0.040	0.059	0.314**	0.373*	0.361**	0.146*	0.838**	1
Commitment	0.117*	0.052	0.113	0.305**	0.332**	0.300**	0.180**	0.853**	0.591**	1
Creativity	0.145*	0.075	0.056	0.494**	0.512**	0.434**	0.494**	0.884**	0.623**	0.608**	1
PPS	0.120*	0.031	0.118*	0.389**	0.456**	0.340**	0.229**	0.724**	0.589**	0.625**	0.647**	1

ARI Academic Resilience Inventory, CTD Critical Thinking Disposition, PPS Proactive Personality Scale, GPA Grade point average

According to Pearson correlation coefficients: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001