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. 2020 May 3;6(5):e03878. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03878

Table 2.

Means, standard deviations, and bivariate correlations between mental health variables, life events, emotional intelligence, and cognitive skills.

Variable M SD 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Female gender
2. Depressive symptoms 12.86 4.08 .15∗∗
[.06, .25]
3. Psychological distress 12.26 5.49 .09 .47∗∗∗
[-.01, .19] [.39, .54]
4. Violent experiences 2.17 2.24 -.25∗∗∗ .11∗ .20∗∗∗
[-.34, -.16] [.02, .21] [.11, .29]
5. Stressful life-events 6.52 5.06 -.01 .25∗∗∗ .38∗∗∗ .48∗∗∗
[-.11, .09] [.16, .34] [.30, .46] [.40, .55]
6. Emotional intelligence 3.77 0.47 -.01 -.32∗∗∗ -.30∗∗∗ -.06 -.23∗∗∗
[-.11, .08] [-.40, -.23] [-.38, -.21] [-.15, .04] [-.32, -.14]
7. Cognitive skills 2.44 0.31 -.01 -.34∗∗∗ -.50∗∗∗ -.15∗∗ -.37∗∗∗ .35∗∗∗
[-.11, .08] [-.42, -.25] [-.57, -.42] [-.24, -.05] [-.45, -.29] [.26, .43]

Note. M and SD represent mean and standard deviation, respectively. Values in square brackets indicate 95% confidence intervals. N = 415.

p < .05. ∗∗p < .01. ∗∗∗p < .001.