Table 5.
Descriptive statistics and correlations among the variables.
| Variables | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Gender | 0.51 | 0.50 | − | ||||||||||
| 2. Age | 28.19 | 5.66 | −0.04 | − | |||||||||
| 3. Education | 2.40 | 0.77 | −0.12* | 0.05 | − | ||||||||
| 4. Income | 2.50 | 0.88 | −0.27*** | 0.04 | 0.30*** | − | |||||||
| 5. Optimism | 3.36 | 0.73 | −0.04 | −0.04 | 0.07 | −0.06 | − | ||||||
| 6. Self-efficacy | 3.51 | 0.69 | −0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.12* | 0.11* | − | |||||
| 7. Machiavellianism | 3.20 | 0.67 | −0.17** | −0.08 | 0.11* | 0.02 | 0.14** | 0.14** | − | ||||
| 8. Narcissism | 2.90 | 0.69 | −0.20*** | −0.05 | 0.16** | 0.07 | 0.13** | 0.14** | 0.44*** | − | |||
| 9. Psychopathy | 2.46 | 0.67 | −0.18*** | −0.11* | 0.11* | 0.04 | 0.15** | 0.04 | 0.37*** | 0.54*** | − | ||
| 10. BIGL | 3.56 | 1.72 | −0.18*** | 0.05 | 0.11* | 0.13* | 0.12* | 0.10* | 0.09 | 0.26*** | 0.18*** | − | |
| 11. BTI | 3.09 | 1.56 | −0.18*** | −0.18** | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.14** | 0.04 | 0.28*** | 0.18*** | 0.30*** | 0.32*** | − |
BIGL, Belief in good luck; BTI, Bribe-taking intention. Gender was dummy coded as 0 = male and 1 = female. Education was coded as 1 = high school education or less, 2 = college degree, 3 = bachelor degree and 4 = postgraduate degree. Monthly income (CNY) was coded as 1 = under 2000; 2 = 2001–5000; 3 = 5001–8000; 4 = 8001–20,000; and 5 = above 20,000.
*
p < 0.05;
**
p < 0.01;
***
p < 0.001.