Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Health Behaviours among University Students: The Predictive and Moderating Role of Gender

Table 1

Cronbach’s alphas, means, and SDs of the variables.

Scale (number of items)	Cronbach Alpha	Total sample	SD	Men	SD	Women	SD	t
		N = 1214		N = 597		N = 617
		M		M		M
Schutte Self-Report Inventory (SSRI)
Optimism (14)	0.80	3.33	0.55	2.91	0.47	3.69	0.52	−27.44
Social Skills (9)	0.70	3.16	0.53	2.76	0.51	3.56	0.55	−26.29
Appraisal (6)	0.87	3.27	0.58	2.94	0.51	3.58	0.45	−23.48
Utilization (5)	0.76	2.92	0.68	2.62	0.62	3.21	0.61	−16.84
Health behavior checklist (HBC)
Wellness (11)	0.69	3.23	0.43	3.15	0.39	3.29	0.49	−5.52
Accident Control (6)	0.71	3.24	0.63	3.07	0.57	3.41	0.63	−9.74
Traffic Risk Taking (7)	0.66	2.88	0.35	3.05	0.37	2.72	0.25	18.37
Substance Risk Taking (4)	0.84	2.60	0.72	2.64	0.71	2.53	0.72	2.68

Notes. calculated in Student’s t test. < 0.001 (two-tailed); < 0.01 (two-tailed); < 0.05 (two-tailed).
Wellness is Wellness Maintenance and Enhancement.