Table 4.

Stepwise linear regression analysis evaluating the effect of emotional intelligence (EI) on perceived stress score (PSS 1 and PSS 2) and academic performance at T1 (Acad 1) and T2 (Acad 2) after controlling for effect of gender

				Gender		EI
Variable	r	R2	Standard error of the estimate	β	p value	β	p value
PSS 1	0.333	0.104	5.38	–	–	−0.333	<0.001
PSS 2	0.240	0.046	5.59	–	–	−0.240	0.028
Acad 1	0.294	0.064	12.25	−0.234	0.032	0.153	0.158
Acad 2	0.268	0.049	21.79	−0.240	0.029	0.095	0.382