Table 2.
Correlations and Descriptive Statistics (Study 2a).
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| VARIABLE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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| 1. Conditions | – | ||||||||
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| 2. Manipulation check | .89*** | – | |||||||
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| 3. PUEM | –.46*** | –.50*** | – | ||||||
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| 4. Self-improvement | –.25** | –.31*** | .75*** | – | |||||
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| 5. Self-esteem | –.10 | –.12 | .22*** | .23*** | – | ||||
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| 6. SSES | –.02 | –.09 | .10 | .15* | .17** | – | |||
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| 7. Gender | –.05 | –.07 | .05 | .07 | .09 | –.08 | – | ||
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| 8. Age | –.03 | –.11 | .08 | .22*** | .14* | .22*** | .11 | – | |
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| 9. Education | .04 | .08 | –.11 | –.16* | .00 | .16* | –.03 | –.16** | – |
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| M | – | 4.24 | 4.44 | 4.80 | 5.64 | 5.40 | – | 28.03 | 5.08 |
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| SD | – | 2.02 | 1.53 | 1.41 | 0.96 | 1.30 | – | 7.85 | 0.74 |
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Notes. PUEM: perceived upward economic mobility; *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.