Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Correlations for Study Variables.

Instruments	M	SD	Pearson Correlations
			1	2	3	4	5
1. Financial Strain (i.e., FSESM)	2.27	.53	____	−.20*	−.13	−.15	.30**
2. Perceived Stress (i.e., PSS)	2.05	.64		____	.50**	.51**	−.10
3. Psychological Symptomology (i.e., BSI)	1.91	.73			____	.52**	−.14
4. Academic and Social Integration (i.e., ICCEMS)	1.67	.73				____	−.18
5. First-generation statusa	.43	.50					____

^*p < .05 (two-tailed).

^**p < .01 (two-tailed).

^aFirst-generation status was measured by asking respondents their maternal and paternal highest level of completed education (See Table 1). Respondents whom both parents had not graduated from a college or university were classified as a first-generation student, where 0 indicates (Not First-generation student) and 1 indicates (First-generation student).