Table 2.

Correlations among the study variables.

Measures	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.
1. Identification with Italians	1	0.29***	0.28***	0.18***	0.09***	0.24***	0.18***	0.19***	0.04	0.03
2. Identification with Europeans		1	0.36***	0.17***	0.17***	0.15***	0.19***	0.46***	−0.38***	−0.10**
3. Trust in the Italian government			1	0.56***	0.33***	0.17***	0.34***	0.29***	−0.23***	−0.13***
4. Trust in the EU				1	0.43***	0.20***	0.26***	0.22***	−0.07*	−0.13***
5. Trust in the scientific community					1	0.06	0.13***	0.12***	−0.14***	−0.22***
6. Expectations about humankind						1	0.58***	0.53***	0.01	0.06
7. Expectations about Italian leaders							1	0.54***	−0.03	−0.12***
8. Expectations about the EU								1	−0.16***	−0.07*
9. Political orientation									1	0.02
10. Age										1

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01;

^***p<0.001.