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. 2026 Jun 19;26:1358. doi: 10.1186/s12909-026-09761-z

Table 2.

Spearman’s rank-order partial correlation among the study variables

Variable Partial Corr. Semipartial Corr. Partial Corr.^2 Semipartial Corr.^2 p Value
Age (year) -0.025 -0.020 0.001 0.000 0.388
Sex -0.041 -0.033 0.002 0.001 0.164
Program duration 0.035 0.028 0.001 0.001 0.232
Student category -0.028 -0.023 0.001 0.001 0.332
Frequency of long workdays (≥10 h) 0.095 0.077 0.009 0.006 0.001
Night shift frequency 0.062 0.050 0.004 0.003 0.034
Income (RMB) 0.053 0.042 0.003 0.002 0.072
Physical exercise frequency -0.066 -0.053 0.004 0.003 0.025
Adverse academic events 0.259 0.215 0.067 0.046 <0.001
Psychological resilience -0.450 -0.404 0.202 0.163 <0.001