Table 2.

Correlations between the predictor variables, NFC, and success in university.

	Satisfaction with one's studies	Termination thoughts	University GPA	NFC
Success in university
Satisfaction with one's studies	–
Termination thoughts	−0.48**	–
University GPA	0.37**	−0.21**	–
Predictors
NFC	0.40**	−0.18**	0.19**	–
Genderb	0.10	−0.09	0.14**	−0.01**
Age	−0.10	−0.06	−0.11*	0.15**
Time in current major	−0.18**	0.08	−0.07	0.07**
School GPA	0.18**	−0.09	0.43**	0.16**
Conscientiousness	0.31**	−0.25**	0.28**	0.27**
Neuroticism	−0.21**	0.20**	−0.00	−0.25**
Openness to Experience	0.16**	0.01	−0.03	0.21**

n = 367–396. Spearman's rank correlations except for the correlations with gender (point-biserial correlations). NFC, Need for Cognition; GPA, grade point average.

^aRefers to the three best grades during the current studies.

^b1, male; 2, female.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01. Bold: Bonferroni-corrected significance level p < 0.0015.