Table 2.

Correlation matrix of students' background characteristics, psychological distress, self‐efficacy in self‐regulation, time and energy for coursework and stress

	Psy. distress	Self‐regulation	No time/energy	T1 cw. stress	T2 cw. stress	T3 cw. stress	T4 cw. stress	T1 pr. stress	T2 pr. stress	T3 pr. stress	T4 pr. stress	T1 s/l. stress	T2 s/l. stress	T3 s/l. stress	T4 s/l. stress
FG student	−0.07	0.01	0.18	−0.11	0.08	0.06	0.13	−0.06	0.10	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.10	−0.03	0.11
Female	0.09	0.11	0.07	0.06	0.02	0.10	0.00	0.14	0.02	0.10	0.04	0.13	0.09	0.17	0.03
Asian	−0.04	−0.01	0.01	0.06	0.10	0.01	0.04	0.00	0.10	0.02	−0.09	0.06	0.05	0.01	0.08
Hispanic	−0.08	−0.04	0.10	−0.04	−0.04	−0.01	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.03	0.13	−0.01	0.00	−0.03	0.06
White	0.16	0.09	−0.02	−0.03	0.03	0.05	−0.03	−0.06	−0.09	0.00	−0.04	−0.05	0.02	0.08	−0.06
Other ethn.	0.10	−0.10	−0.06	0.08	−0.01	0.07	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.08	0.09	−0.02	0.07	0.04

Note: Bold font p < 0.05.

Abbreviations: Asian, Asian/Asian American; Cw stress, stress linked to coursework; FG student, first‐generation college‐going student; Hispanic, Hispanic/Latin American; No time/energy, not enough time and energy for coursework after taking care of other responsibilities; Other ethn., Other ethnicity; Pr stress, stress linked to procrastination; Psy. distress, nonspecific psychological distress; Self‐regulation, self‐efficacy in self‐regulation; s/l stress, stress linked to study/life balance; White, White/non‐Hispanic.