Table 3 Bivariate correlations for the variables

1. Grade

–

2. Gender

0.005

–

3. Family income

0.071^**

−0.04

4. Childhood trauma

-0.054^**

0.052^*

–

5. Social support

0.017

-0.075^***

-0.595^***

–

6. Core self-evaluations

-0.035

-0.226^***

-0.514^***

0.605^***

–

7. Meaning in life

0.066^**

-0.041

-0.254^***

0.275^***

0.282^***

–

8. Presence of Meaning in Life

0.041

-0.077^***

-0.297^***

0.348^***

0.377^***

0.922^***

–

9. Searching for Meaning in Life

0.083^***

0.014

-0.144^***

0.122^***

0.102^***

0.875^***

0.618^***

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