Table 3.

Correlations between stressful life events, coping strategies, personality traits, and OGA for males (N = 298) and females (N = 356).

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6
(1) Avoidant coping styles	-	0.25∗∗∗	0.07	0.27∗∗∗	0.24∗∗∗	0.10
(2) Psychoticism	0.34∗∗∗	-	0.13	0.22∗∗∗	0.22∗∗∗	0.08
(3) Neuroticism	0.07	0.08	-	0.07	0.02	-0.05
(4) Stressful life events	0.33∗∗∗	0.20∗∗	0.01	-	0.74∗∗∗	0.06
(5) Academic stress	0.23∗∗∗	0.18∗∗	-0.003	0.69∗∗	-	0.07
(6) OGA	0.25∗∗∗	0.09	-0.07	0.13	0.09	-

Correlations for males are below the diagonal and for females are above the diagonal. P-values are corrected by Bonferroni method for multiple correlations. ^∗∗p < 0.005, ^∗∗∗p < 0.001. Avoidant coping styles, sum of four subscale scores of CSQ: self blame, fantasy, withdrawal and rationalization; Psychoticism, the subscale scores of psychoticism in EPQ-RSC; Neuroticism, the subscale scores of psychoticism in EPQ-RSC; Stressful life events, total scores of CSSQ; Academic stress, the subscale scores of academic stress in CSSQ; OGA, total scores of OGCAS.