Table 3.

Pearson correlations between the gender, emotional intelligence indicators, and health behavior components.

	Wellness	Accident Control	Traffic Risk Taking	Substance Risk Taking	Gender
Optimism	.177∗∗  (p = .000)	.101∗∗  (p = .000)	.187∗∗  (p = .000)	−.061∗  (p = .041)	.624∗∗  (p = .000)
Social Skills	.146∗∗  (p = .000)	.089∗∗  (p = .002)	.211∗∗  (p = .000)	.008  (p = .774)	.604∗∗  (p = .000)
Appraisal	.047  (p = .100)	.105∗∗  (p = .000)	.083∗∗  (p = .004)	−.070∗  (p = .015)	.559∗∗  (p = .000)
Utilization	.120∗∗  (p = .000)	.024  (p = .404)	.155∗∗  (p = .000)	.−.058∗  (p = .042)	.435∗∗  (p = .000)
Gender	.159∗∗  (p = .000)	.269∗∗  (p = .000)	.388∗∗  (p = .000)	.077∗∗  (p = .008)	1

Total sample N = 1214, ^∗∗∗p < 0.001 (two-tailed); ^∗∗p < 0.01 (two-tailed); ^∗p < 0.05 (two-tailed).

Wellness is Wellness Maintenance and Enhancement.