Table 13. CONNECT selected traits and cognitive abilities.
Descriptives.
| T1-Self-report | T1-Informant-reporta | T2-Self-report | T3-Self-report | T4-Self-report | T5-Self-report | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | α | M | SD | α | M | SD | α | M | SD | α | M | SD | α | M | SD | α | |
| Age | 21.31 | 3.95 | 28.51 | 13.52 | 21.14 | 3.60 | 21.75 | 3.81 | 22.36 | 3.54 | 23.37 | 3.42 | ||||||
| Gender | 101 ♀ | 23♂ | 172 ♀ | 72♂ | 85 ♀ | 21♂ | 91 ♀ | 17 ♂ | 85 ♀ | 14 ♂ | 76 ♀ | 16 ♂ | ||||||
| Big Five | ||||||||||||||||||
| Neuroticism | 4.61 | 1.30 | .77 | 4.03 | 1.05 | .73 | 4.38 | 1.32 | .81 | 4.22 | 1.36 | .84 | 3.95 | 1.37 | .84 | 3.96 | 1.33 | .84 |
| Extraversion | 5.11 | 1.11 | .85 | 5.39 | 0.94 | .80 | 5.15 | 0.98 | .77 | 5.20 | 0.94 | .77 | 5.11 | 1.19 | .87 | 5.10 | 1.14 | .86 |
| Openness | 5.15 | 1.17 | .72 | 5.17 | 0.87 | .67 | 5.06 | 1.11 | .76 | 5.08 | 1.22 | .79 | 5.07 | 1.25 | .83 | 5.04 | 1.15 | .80 |
| Agreeableness | 5.02 | 0.79 | .56 | 5.34 | 0.74 | .71 | 4.91 | 0.76 | .57 | 4.94 | 0.72 | .52 | 5.13 | 0.85 | .70 | 5.14 | 0.86 | .74 |
| Conscientiousness | 5.45 | 1.06 | .71 | 6.11 | 0.80 | .76 | 5.15 | 1.06 | .72 | 5.05 | 1.04 | .72 | 5.18 | 1.08 | .75 | 5.09 | 1.05 | .72 |
| Self-esteem and self-concept | ||||||||||||||||||
| RSES | 3.21 | 0.56 | .89 | 3.26 | 0.40 | .89 | 3.19 | 0.55 | .91 | 3.25 | 0.47 | .86 | 3.29 | 0.51 | .88 | 3.33 | 0.57 | .92 |
| SAQ | 6.37 | 0.86 | .66 | 7.26 | 0.73 | .69 | 6.29 | 0.86 | .68 | 6.35 | 0.79 | .62 | 6.32 | 0.78 | .63 | 6.26 | 0.76 | .64 |
| Narcissism and dark triad | ||||||||||||||||||
| NPIb | 14.93 | 5.76 | .78 | 4.62 | 2.69 | .81 | 13.09 | 5.01 | .73 | 13.68 | 5.26 | .74 | 12.41 | 5.64 | .80 | 12.04 | 4.60 | .69 |
| NARQ-Admiration | 3.17 | 0.69 | .79 | 3.07 | 0.64 | .83 | 3.07 | 0.67 | .79 | 3.22 | 0.69 | .83 | 3.08 | 0.77 | .85 | 3.00 | 0.73 | .83 |
| NARQ-Rivalry | 2.10 | 0.61 | .77 | 1.81 | 0.53 | .85 | 2.01 | 0.61 | .80 | 2.15 | 0.64 | .81 | 1.94 | 0.57 | .76 | 1.88 | 0.54 | .75 |
| DIDO-Machiavellianism | 2.78 | 1.36 | .75 | 2.12 | 0.90 | .75 | 2.77 | 1.31 | .76 | 3.09 | 1.42 | .83 | 2.77 | 1.24 | .71 | 2.79 | 1.35 | .78 |
| DIDO-Psychopathy | 2.38 | 1.09 | .43 | 2.16 | 0.97 | .67 | 2.46 | 1.11 | .49 | 2.75 | 1.31 | .64 | 2.48 | 1.22 | .66 | 2.44 | 1.26 | .67 |
| DIDO-Narcissism | 4.39 | 1.57 | .76 | 3.25 | 1.45 | .84 | 4.13 | 1.73 | .82 | 4.56 | 1.56 | .82 | 4.28 | 1.64 | .80 | 4.10 | 1.77 | .84 |
| Cognitive abilities (between T3 and T4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| WMC — solved equations | 52.15 | 5.35 | .73 | |||||||||||||||
| WMC — memory span | 5.11 | 2.33 | .71 | |||||||||||||||
| MWTB | 29.36 | 1.87 | .19 | |||||||||||||||
| Short Raven | 9.32 | 2.48 | .56 | |||||||||||||||
Note. Ns range from 92 to 124. M = mean, SD = standard deviation, α = Cronbach’s alpha. RSES = Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, SAQ = Self-Attributes Questionnaire, NPI = Narcissistic Personality Inventory, NARQ = Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire, DIDO = Dirty Dozen, WMC = Working memory capacity, MWTB = Vocabulary Knowledge Test [Mehrfachwahl-Wortschatz-Test]. Scales: Big Five 1 to 7, RSES 1 to 4, SAQ 1 to 10, NPI 0 to 40, NARQ 1 to 6, DIDO 1 to 9, WMC — solved equations 0 to 60, WMC — memory span 0 to 8, MWTB 0 to 36, Short Raven 0 to 15.
aInformant-results for M and SD refer to the mean acquaintance report per person. For alpha results, informant-ratings were aggregated before calculation.
bA short version (15 items, range 0 to 15) of the NPI was used for the informant-report.