Table 3.

Main Effects of parents’ average highest educational qualifications as well as effects of interaction between sex and parents’ average highest educational qualifications on psychological measures.

	N male	N female	Correlation coefficient male	Correlation coefficient female	Main effect F-value	Main effect P-value, uncorrected	Main effect, P-value, FDR	Interaction effect F-value	Interaction effect P-value uncorrected	Interaction effect P-value FDR
Cognitive functions
RAPM (intelligence, non-verbal reasoning)	701	514	0.088	0.054	6	0.014	0.062	0.353	0.553	0.588
TBIT (intelligence)	634	459	0.114	0.117	13.97	1.95 × 10-4	0.004	0.006	0.939	0.727
Reading comprehension	608	423	0.048	0.03	1.583	0.209	0.329	0.069	0.793	0.691
S-A creativity test	702	514	0.153	0.098	18.603	1.7 × 10-5	0.001	0.986	0.321	0.461
Digit span	699	511	0.011	0.021	0.274	0.601	0.596	0.02	0.889	0.719
Traits and states
Empathizing	702	514	0.004	0.033	0.318	0.573	0.596	0.394	0.531	0.576
Systemizing	702	514	0.054	0.165	12.678	3.84 × 10-4	0.005	2.978	0.085	0.181
Emotional Intelligence Scale	699	514	0.072	0.071	5.834	0.016	0.065	4.16 × 10-4	0.984	0.736
GHQ30	698	513	-0.088	0.005	1.999	0.158	0.283	2.531	0.112	0.222
WHOQOL-26	699	514	0.12	0.068	10.369	0.001	0.012	0.837	0.361	0.482
Critical thinking disposition	700	514	0.052	0.175	14.553	1.43 × 10-4	0.004	4.446	0.035	0.101
Cognitive reflectivity–Impulsiveness	699	514	-0.024	0.072	0.762	0.383	0.5	2.855	0.091	0.187
Need for Cognition	700	514	0.054	0.12	8.674	0.003	0.022	1.329	0.249	0.372
Self-fulfillment Achievement Motivation	700	514	0.045	0.084	4.887	0.027	0.089	0.558	0.455	0.545
Competitive Achievement Motivation	700	514	-0.037	-0.046	2.027	0.155	0.283	0.06	0.806	0.694
Self-esteem	700	514	0.059	0.071	4.835	0.028	0.089	0.075	0.784	0.691
Need for uniqueness	699	514	0.135	0.082	13.964	1.95 × 10-4	0.004	0.961	0.327	0.461
Patriotism	699	514	0.044	-0.066	0.1	0.752	0.678	3.503	0.062	0.141
Nationalism	699	514	0.061	-0.062	0.003	0.96	0.736	4.334	0.038	0.103
Optimism	699	514	0.08	0.04	4.111	0.043	0.115	0.371	0.543	0.583
Pessimism	699	514	-0.058	-0.047	3.161	0.076	0.171	0.031	0.861	0.712
Self-efficacy	699	513	0.056	0.059	3.666	0.056	0.134	0.014	0.906	0.719
UCLA Loneliness Scale	700	514	-0.041	-0.04	1.869	0.172	0.293	1.32 × 10-4	0.991	0.736
CIS-20 (fatigue)	698	514	-0.082	-0.07	6.677	0.01	0.045	0.015	0.903	0.719
Beck Depression Inventory	641	476	-0.062	-0.073	4.976	0.026	0.088	0.069	0.792	0.691
STAI_state (anxiety state)	641	476	-0.088	-0.078	7.418	0.007	0.034	0.023	0.88	0.719
STAI_trait (anxiety trait)	641	476	-0.088	-0.109	10.467	0.001	0.012	0.291	0.589	0.596
POMS-TMD (mood disturbance)	690	510	-0.095	-0.022	3.691	0.055	0.134	1.198	0.274	0.404
Neuroticism	701	514	-0.048	-0.08	4.608	0.032	0.097	0.478	0.49	0.552
Extraversion	701	514	0.095	0.053	6.302	0.012	0.054	0.483	0.487	0.552
Openness	701	514	0.097	0.125	14.661	1.35 × 10-4	0.004	0.305	0.581	0.596
Agreeableness	701	514	-0.022	-0.023	0.721	0.396	0.512	0.007	0.935	0.727
Conscientiousness	701	514	-0.018	0.023	0.001	0.976	0.736	0.57	0.451	0.545
Jealousy	644	476	-0.078	-0.053	4.34	0.037	0.103	0.055	0.815	0.694
Self-Preoccupation	644	476	-0.025	-0.005	0.159	0.69	0.645	0.042	0.838	0.708
External-Preoccupation	644	476	-0.036	0.075	0.559	0.455	0.545	3.507	0.061	0.141
SESRA-S (sex role attitude)	644	476	-0.027	0.063	0.279	0.597	0.596	2.164	0.142	0.267
Life event
Negative life event	702	514	0.014	0.021	0.507	0.477	0.552	1.35 × 10-6	0.999	0.736
Positive life event	702	514	0.043	0.123	4.447	0.035	0.101	0.169	0.681	0.645