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

Table 3

Pearson correlations between the gender, emotional intelligence indicators, and health behavior components.

	Wellness	Accident Control	Traffic Risk Taking	Substance Risk Taking	Gender
Optimism	.177; ()	.101; ()	.187; ()	−.061; ()	.624; ()
Social Skills	.146; ()	.089; ()	.211; ()	.008; ()	.604; ()
Appraisal	.047; ()	.105; ()	.083; ()	−.070; ()	.559; ()
Utilization	.120; ()	.024; ()	.155; ()	.−.058; ()	.435; ()
Gender	.159; ()	.269; ()	.388; ()	.077; ()	1

Total sample = 1214, (two-tailed); (two-tailed); (two-tailed).
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