Table 1. Zero-order correlation coefficient of Cohen’s d (student vs. general public) and within country variance of students with predictors.
| Cohen’s d | Variance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD Stud | SD GP | Embeddedness | Intellectual Autonomy | Embeddedness | Intellectual Autonomy | ||
| Extraversion | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.10 | -.22 | .37 | -.65** | .61* |
| Agreeableness | 0.40 | 0.54 | -0.08 | -.01 | .14 | .63** | -.52* |
| Conscientiousness | 0.67 | 0.70 | -0.25 | -.51* | .38 | .06 | -.07 |
| Neuroticism | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.03 | -.27 | .22 | -.31 | .43 |
| Openness | 0.36 | 0.32 | -0.02 | -.13 | .11 | -.52* | .56* |
| MA: Domestic violence | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.06 | -.11 | .14 | .18 | -.21 |
| MA: Dishonest-illegal behavior | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.18 | -.47** | .49** | .16 | -.20 |
| MA: Personal-sexual behavior | 1.74 | 1.56 | 0.21 | -.10 | .07 | -.35* | .24 |
| Trust in strangers | 0.31 | 0.32 | -0.04 | -.11 | .18 | .07 | -.17 |
| Understanding of democracy | 0.81 | 0.77 | -0.03 | .30 | -.22 | .38* | -.40** |
| Confidence in pol. Institutions | 0.40 | 0.41 | -0.03 | -.20 | .26 | .20 | -.22 |
| Respects towards elderly | 0.38 | 0.38 | -0.02 | -.02 | -.08 | .23 | -.31 |
SD: Standard deviation, Stud: Students, GP: General public, : mean standardized difference of students to general public (if d > 0: Students score higher); N of countries for SD (columns 2–3) = 25 (Big-5) and 58–59, N of countries (columns 5–8) = 16 (Big-5) and 39–40. Cohen’s ds were computed with pooled standard deviations.
* p < .05
** p < .01