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. 2019 Oct 4;10:2229. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02229

TABLE 2.

Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency reliability and correlations between the five factors and psychological measures.

M (SD) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Factors
(1) Fear of punishment and detection 2.95(1.18)c (0.88)
(2) Self-efficacy and mistrust 2.65(1.22)d 0.33 (0.76)
(3) Morality and norms 3.67(0.95)a 0.19 0.10 (0.64)
(4) Lack of opportunity 1.58(0.65)e 0.41 0.34 –0.07 (0.65)
(5) Motivation for learning 3.52(1.13)b −0.14 0.10 0.36 −0.17 (0.72)
Psychological measures
(6) Machiavellianism 3.13 (1.84) 0.19 0.12 −0.22 0.17 −0.23 (0.87)
(7) Narcissism 3.91 (1.92) 0.20 0.16 –0.09 0.13 −0.17 0.63 (0.86)
(8) Psychopathy 2.49 (1.51) 0.09 0.11 −0.26 0.20 −0.20 0.60 0.46 (0.78)
(9) Self-control 3.06 (0.70) −0.13 0.08 0.23 −0.23 0.25 −0.43 −0.35 −0.39 (0.86)
(10) Competence satisfaction 4.79 (1.17) –0.08 0.21 0.11 −0.14 0.16 –0.06 0.00 –0.09 0.40 (0.86)
(11) Competence frustration 4.30 (1.33) 0.13 0.09 –0.06 0.16 −0.11 0.17 0.14 0.13 −0.44 −0.59 (0.77)
(12) Consistency of interest 2.97 (1.00) 0.16 0.01 0.11. 0.20 −0.19 0.36 0.34 0.34 −0.60 −0.24 0.34 (0.86)
(13) Perseverance of effort 3.47 (0.72) –0.08 0.14 0.20 −0.14 0.24 −0.21 −0.14 −0.23 0.58 0.46 −0.38 −0.49 (0.70)
Gender 1.90 (0.30) –0.02 –0.02 0.17 –0.06 0.07 −0.13 −0.15 −0.26 0.08 –0.03 0.04 –0.08 0.07

N = 1204 except for gender correlations where N = 1173, p < 0.001 (two-tailed). Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency reliabilities are on the diagonal in parentheses. Subscript a > b > c > d > e, p < 0.05. Gender was coded as male = 1, female = 2.