Table 1.

Correlation coefficients for admissions scores and background versus MES-UC dimension and global scores, for the 2015 cohort

		Self-belief	Learning focus	Valuing	Persistence	Planning	Task management	Anxiety	Failure avoidance	Uncertain control	Self-sabotage	Disengagement	Global booster thoughts	Global booster behaviours	Global mufflers	Global guzzlers
Interview Score	r	0.188	0.332	0.354	0.250	0.274	0.261	−0.010	−0.180	−0.054	− 0.272	− 0.406	0.365	0.310	− 0.100	− 0.391
	p-value	0.206	0.023*	0.015*	0.090	0.062	0.077	0.946	0.226	0.720	0.064	0.005*	0.012*	0.034*	0.505	0.007*
Educational score	ρ	0.070	−0.099	−0.172	− 0.200	−0.030	0.030	0.094	0.091	0.066	0.106	0.309	−0.073	−0.062	0.071	0.204
	p-value	0.637	0.505	0.242	0.174	0.842	0.841	0.524	0.537	0.655	0.472	0.033*	0.620	0.676	0.631	0.164
School leaver	r pb	0.018	0.031	0.189	−0.092	− 0.018	0.126	0.225	0.198	0.352	0.275	0.113	−0.105	−0.021	− 0.302	−0.248
	p-value	0.896	0.824	0.166	0.505	0.895	0.361	0.099	0.147	0.008*	0.042*	0.411	0.446	0.880	0.025*	0.068

*p < 0.05