Exploring adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among Ugandan university students: its associations with academic performance, depression, and suicidal ideations

Table 3 Correlations between total ACEs with the continuous variables

Study variables	Pearson correlation coefficients (r)
Study variables	1	2	3	4	5	6
Age (1)	1.00
Year of study (2)	0.40**	1.00
Self-rated academic performance (3)	0.01	− 0.07	1.00
Depression symptom severity (4)	− 0.22**	− 0.29**	0.13**	1.00
Suicidal ideation severity (5)	− 0.11**	− 0.13**	0.01	0.46**	1.00
Cumulative number of ACE (6)	− 0.07	− 0.07	− 0.04	0.36**	0.14	1.00

**p < 0.01. r value represents as; (1) very high correlation (0.90–1.00), (2) high correlation (0.70–0.90), (3) moderate correlation (0.50 to 0.70), (4) low correlation (0.30–0.50), and (5) negligible correlation (0.00–0.30). ACE(s): Adverse Childhood Experience(s)

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