Table 2. Correlations of questionnaire parameters.
Descriptive statistics and Correlations table of SNR50 and items from the questionnaire used in this study.
Mean (SD) | I prefer to speak English... | In the last month, how often did you speak English at home? | Perceived English proficiency | Self-rate of musical skills | Perceived Stress Scale | Visual/Verbal Learning Style Score | Age when first began playing music | Age when first learnt English | SNR50 score | |
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When I was growing up my Mother spoke English at home... | 3.78 (1.41) | .485 ** | .677 ** | .366 ** | .150 | −.236 * | −.158 | −.177 | −.676 ** | −.465 ** |
I prefer to speak English... | 4.55 (0.75) | – | .611 ** | .575 ** | .093 | −.287 * | −.226 * | −.238 * | −.528 ** | −.276 * |
In the last month, how often did you speak English at home? | 4.42 (1.06) | – | .554 ** | .142 | −.313 * | −.120 | −.203 * | −.654 ** | −.409 ** | |
Perceived English proficiency | 4.54 (0.78) | – | .279 * | −.398 ** | −.235 * | −.341 ** | −.483 ** | −.471 ** | ||
Self-rate of musical skills | 1.89 (0.95) | – | −.174 | −.071 | −.562 ** | −.222 * | −.274 * | |||
Perceived Stress Scale | 13.78 (5.53) | – | −.072 | .003 | .268 * | .314 * | ||||
Visual/Verbal Learning Style Score | 4.18 (4.52) | – | .131 | .133 | −.023 | |||||
Age when first began playing music | 10.49 (5.85) | – | .371 ** | .188 | ||||||
Age when first learnt English | 2.87 (2.37) | – | .394 ** | |||||||
SNR50 score | −0.30 (1.12) | – |
Notes.
Bolded figures are all significant at
p < 0.05 or
p < 0.001.