Table 4 Stepwise linear regression analysis evaluating the effect of emotional intelligence (EI) on perceived stress score (PSS 1 and PSS 2) and academic performance at T1 (Acad 1) and T2 (Acad 2) after controlling for effect of gender
Gender | EI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | r | R2 | Standard error of the estimate | β | p value | β | p value |
PSS 1 | 0.333 | 0.104 | 5.38 | – | – | −0.333 | <0.001 |
PSS 2 | 0.240 | 0.046 | 5.59 | – | – | −0.240 | 0.028 |
Acad 1 | 0.294 | 0.064 | 12.25 | −0.234 | 0.032 | 0.153 | 0.158 |
Acad 2 | 0.268 | 0.049 | 21.79 | −0.240 | 0.029 | 0.095 | 0.382 |