Table 3. Correlations between trait anxiety, acute test anxiety, cognitive functions and psychosocial distress.

	STAI-ST1	STAI-ST2	Beck’s Depression Inventory	Over Commitment	JDCQ-psychological demand	Effort-Reward-Imbalance	Previous Term Grades	Written TestResults	Verbal Fluency Task 4	Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test (MWT-A)
STAI-T	0.43440.16–0.650.0012	0.50330.25–0.690.0003	0.50470.24–0.700.0003	0.73340.56–0.85<0.0001	0.48650.23–0.680.0005	0.56860.33–0.74<0.0001	0.49760.24–0.690.0004	n.s.	-0.4486–0.66 to -0.180.0014	n.s.
STAI-ST1		0.58020.35–0.75<0.0001	n.s.	n.s.	0.42230.15–0.640.0028	0.49670.24–0.690.0003	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
STAI-ST2			n.s.	0.44710.18–0.650.0014	0.47650.21–0.680.0006	0.56370.33–0.74<0.0001	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Beck’s Depression Inventory				n.s.	0.45400.18–0.660.0015	0.60730.38–0.77<0.0001	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Over Commitment					0.41770.14–0.630.0031	0.48140.22–0.680.0005	-0.4619–0.67 to -0.190.0007	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
JDCQ-psychological demand						0.54760.30–0.72<0.0001	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Effort-Reward-Imbalance							-0.3997–0.62 to -0.120.0054	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Previous TermGrades								0.47560.21–0.680.0005	n.s.	n.s.
Written TestResults									n.s.	n.s.
Verbal FluencyTask 4										n.s.

Spearman Rank Correlation Analysis. Above the diagonal: correlation coefficient ρ, corresponding 95% confidence interval and P-value. Italic formatting: statistical significance will get lost upon correction for multiple comparisons (according to Bonferroni). n.s.: not significant at all.