Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and correlations between test anxiety and emotional intelligence traits

	Female patients	Male patients	Statistics
N	132	68
Emotional intelligence traits, mean (SD)
Intrapersonal skills	23.51 (1.97)	23.77 (2.18)	t(198) =0.81, d=0.11 [S]
Interpersonal skills	23.77 (1.99)	23.85 (2.37)	t(198) =0.24, d=0.03 [S]
Stress management	23.24 (2.34)	23.46 (2.64)	t(198) =0.60, d=0.08 [S]
Adaptability	23.57 (2.03)	24.02 (2.19)	t(198) =1.43, d=0.21 [S]
General mood	23.42 (2.00)	23.85 (2.37)	t(198) =0.96, d=0.07 [S]
Test anxiety	34.37 (4.49)	31.60 (7.42)	t(198) =2.48,* d=0.56 [M]

Notes:

^*P<0.05.

Abbreviations: M, medium effect size; S, small effect size; SD, standard deviation.