Table 2. MSCEIT across educational level and depressive symptoms groups.

	Participants grouped by educational level								Participants grouped by depressive symptoms
	Primary studies		High school		College education				No symptoms		Symptoms
	(n = 8)		(n = 32)		(n = 126)				(n = 89)		(n = 58)
Measure	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	F	p	M	SD	M	SD	t	p
Emotion perception	0.41	0.16	0.42	0.13	0.47	0.09	4.14	.018	0.46	0.11	0.46	0.11	−0.16	.870
Emotion use	0.30	0.11	0.39	0.08	0.42	0.06	15.00	.000	0.42	0.06	0.39	0.08	1.99	.050
Emotion understanding	0.38	0.06	0.43	0.06	0.46	0.06	9.86	.000	0.46	0.06	0.44	0.07	1.41	.161
Emotion management	0.37	0.06	0.39	0.06	0.40	0.05	0.69	.501	0.40	0.05	0.39	0.05	1.00	.319
Total score	0.36	0.07	0.41	0.06	0.44	0.05	11.48	.000	0.43	0.05	0.42	0.06	1.26	.210