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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pers Individ Dif. 2015 Jul;80:51–63. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.02.006

Table B.1.

Phenotypic correlations between enjoyment and self-perceived ability at each age and for each school subject in each sample.

Age Country School subject r p N
9 years UK Math .73 .01 2276
English .57 .01 2272
Science .64 .01 2263
Germany Math .70 .00 261
German .65 .00 261
10 years Canada (Quebec) Math .69 .00 272
Reading .41 .00 272
Japan Math .65 .00 181
11 years Germany Math .79 .00 261
German .76 .00 261
Japan Math .63 .00 172
12 years UK Math .73 .01 3854
English .61 .01 3841
Science .67 .01 3835
Canada (Quebec) Math .66 .00 262
Reading .59 .00 262
Japan Math .72 .00 179
USA Reading .60 .00 361
13 years Germany Math .76 .00 261
German .45 .00 261
Japan Math .66 .00 121
16 years UK Math .53 .01 1653
Japan Math .75 .00 95
Russia Math .55 .01 51