Table 7 Correlations among the overall evaluation of distance education (DE) experience, DE aspects, age of teachers, teaching hours in the second semester AY 2019–20, BDI-II scores during confinement and emotional health after confinement (n = 97)

Teacher age

Pearson’s Correlation

−.041

1

2-tailed p-value

.688

Teaching hours during the II semester AY 2019–20

Pearson’s Correlation

−.153

.107

1

2-tailed p-value

.135

.296

.

Distance education advantages

Pearson’s Correlation

.400^**

.105

.059

1

2-tailed p-value

.000

.365

.614

Personal satisfaction with new learning

Pearson’s Correlation

.752^**

.006

−.120

.287^*

1

2-tailed p-value

.000

.956

.281

.021

Distance education disadvantages

Pearson’s Correlation

−.555^**

.049

.214^*

−.223

−.414^**

1

2-tailed p-value

.000

.632

.035

.052

.000

BDI-II scores during home confinement

Pearson’s Correlation

−.289^**

−.070

.157

−.195

−.197

.172

1

2-tailed p-value

.005

.501

.130

.096

.079

.098

Emotional health after confinement

Pearson’s Correlation

−.160

−.163

−.069

−.180^*

−.207

.098

.344^**

1

2-tailed p-value

.117

.110

.500

.131

.060

.342

.001