marginally significantP = 0.0533
Moreover, the relationship remained significant ( α = 0.05) even after regressing out the effect of initial performance (Spearman's rank correlation: ρ = −0.5614, P = 0.0138) or after regressing out the effects of both initial and final performances (Spearman's rank correlation: ρ = −0.4684, P = 0.0448), and became marginally significant after regressing out the effect of final performance (Spearman's rank correlation: ρ = −0.4526, P = 0.0533).