Table 1.
Overview of the samples including basic descriptive statistics, measures, and analyses of Studies 1 and 2.
| Samples | Gender | Age | Education | Nationality | Measures | Analyses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (M/F) | M (SD) | |||||
| Study 1 | ||||||
| Sample 1 | 62.4% university-entrance diploma | 69.3% German | CSM | Reliability, CITC | ||
| (N = 550) | 26.7%/ | 25.04 | 29.3% university degree | 14.5% Swiss | (pilot version) | Unidimensionality, EFA |
| 73.1% | (6.06) | 11.3% Austrian | ||||
| Sample 2 | 41.7% university degree | 44.0% German | CSM | Reliability, CITC | ||
| (N = 468) | 33.3%/ | 37.15 | 38.0% university-entrance diploma | 31.2% Austrian | (pilot version) | Unidimensionality, EFA |
| 65.6% | (15.11) | 21.4% Swiss | ||||
| Sample 3 | 48.0% university students | 65.5% Swiss | CSM | Test-retest reliability | ||
| (N = 148) | 32.4%/ | 27.77 | 25.0% university-entrance diploma | 25.7% German | CFA | |
| 67.6% | (11.32) | 23.0% university degree | ||||
| Sample 4 | 59.5% university students | 83.3% Swiss | CSM | Self-other agreement | ||
| (N = 210) | 26.7%/ | 26.35 | 17.6% university entrance diploma | 10.5% German | CSM | CFA |
| 73.3% | (11.02) | 16.2% university degree | (other- report form) | |||
| Sample 5 | – | 38.6% American | CSM | Reliability, CITC | ||
| (N = 303) | 33.0%/ | 29.77 | 30.7% British | (English adaptation) | Unidimensionality, CFA | |
| 67.0% | (14.76) | |||||
| Study 2 | ||||||
| Sample 1 | 51.0% university-entrance diploma | 57.3% German | CSM | Partial correlations and | ||
| (N = 999) | 30.1%/ | 30.77 | 35.3% university degree | 20.3% Austrian | MRS-25 | multiple regressions |
| 69.9% | (12.81) | 18.0% Swiss | ||||
| Sample 2 | 23.8%/ | 39.24 | 36.9% school or university students | 51.8% Swiss | CSM | Partial correlations and |
| (N = 252) | 76.2% | (16.52) | 42.3% German | VIA-IS | multiple regressions | |
| Sample 3 | 100% university students | - | CSM | Partial correlations and | ||
| (N = 214) | 20.7%/ | 24.13 | I-S-T 2000 R | multiple regressions | ||
| 79.3% | (3.88) | MSEI | ||||
CSM, Comic Style Markers; MRS-25, Inventory of Minimal Redundant Scales; VIA-IS, VIA Inventory of Strengths; I-S-T 2000 R, Intelligence Structure Test 2000 Revised; MSEI, measure for self-estimated intelligence; CITC, corrected item-total correlation; EFA, exploratory factor analysis; CFA, confirmatory factor analysis.