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Table 2 Summary of correlations and descriptive statistics among variables within student networks (Observations = 822)

From: When perceived similarity overrides demographic similarity: examining influences on STEM students’ developmental mentor networks

Variable

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1. Psychosocial Support

        

2. Career Support

.17***

       

3. Role Modeling Support

.21***

.27***

      

4. Relationship Satisfaction

.38***

.25***

.39***

     

5. Psychological Similarity

.38***

.20***

.48***

.50***

    

6. Mentor Manb

− .16***

.07*

− .04

− .11**

− .07*

   

7. Mentor Other Genderb

.03

.11**

.03

.05

.04

− .07*

  

8. Mentor Hispanic/Latino(a)c

.11**

.02

.15***

.17***

.16***

.01

.0001

 

9. Mentor Other Racec

− .04

− .07

− .07*

− .07

− .03

− .002

.05

− .38***

10. Mentor Postbacd

.04

− .04

.02

− .02

.05

− .04

− .06

.05

− .002

11. Mentor Undergraduated

.14***

.07

.19***

.16***

.21***

.04

.15***

.10**

.06

12. Mentor Outside the Universityd

.03

− .004

.06

.04

.02*

.001

− .02

.16***

− .14***

13. Relationship Duration (Years)

.17***

− .03

.20***

.18***

.18***

− .03

− .02

.27***

− .21***

14. Contact Frequency (Hours per week)

.17***

.12***

.14***

.16***

.22***

− .05

− .01

.17***

− .09**

Ma

0

0

0

0

0

− .01

− .001

.001

− .001

SD

12.32

12.80

.15

10.89

12.40

.38

.05

.31

.30

Skew

− 1.24

− .80

− .44

− .25

− .38

− .01

4.46

.20

.68

Kurtosis

8.39

7.124

4.93

6.89

5.94

2.34

188.5

3.87

4.12

Variable

10

11

12

13

14

10. Mentor Postbacae

    

11. Mentor Undergraduateae

− .11***

   

12. Mentor Outside the Universityae

− .30***

− .37***

  

13. Relationship Durationa

− .04

− .03

.41***

 

14. Contact Frequencya

.002

.15***

.20***

.33***

Ma

.003

.002

− .001

0

0

SD

.19

.25

.33

22.57

20.91

Skew

1.33

.94

.12

.06

.54

Kurtosis

9.49

5.64

3.24

3.97

5.39

  1. aAll variables are group-mean centered
  2. bReference group is Woman
  3. cReference group is White
  4. dReference group is Faculty
  5. *p ≤ .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001