Table 3 Means (M), standard deviations (SD), and internal consistency (McDonald’s ω) of control beliefs and social axioms scales.

From: On whom do you rely—me, myself, and I? competence and control beliefs applied to the related personality model

  

Subscale

GSEa

Germany (n = 89)

M

SD

(ω)

ω

28.9

4.93

(–)

0.876

    

Kenya (n = 89)

M

SD

(ω)

ω

27.3

4.28

(0.719)

0.730

    

I-SEEb

 

S

I

P

C

 

Germany (n = 91)

M

SD

(ω)

ω

23.7

5.09

(0.715)

0.734

20.9

3.71

(0.596)

0.704

16.1

4.36

(0.592)

0.632

21.6

5.88

(0.759)

0.777

 

Kenya (n = 90)

M

SD

(ω)

ω

13.1

3.08

(0.621)

0.722

23.6

4.23

(0.576)

0.685

17.2

6.04

(0.677)

0.691

16.2

6.02

(0.691)

0.699

 

SAS II shortc

 

Social

Cynicism

Reward for

Application

Social

Complexity

Fate Control

Religiosity

Germany (n = 90)

M

SD

(ω)

ω

21.8

5.69

(–)

0.858

29.76

4.99

(–)

0.891

32.1

4.84

(–)

0.859

14.02

4.43

(0.724)

0.723

23.17

6.20

(–)

0.816

Kenya (n = 87)

M

SD

(ω)

ω

37.36

10.10

(0.858)

0.862

42.53

5.77

(–)

0.821

34.34

5.02

(–)

0.832

31.30

10.53

(–)

0.865

36.64

7.17

(–)

0.886

  1. In parentheses: McDonald’s Omega before elimination of weak items.
  2. aSchwarzer and Jerusalem (1995); omitted in Kenyan sample: item no. 2.
  3. bGreve et al. (2001), Krampen (1991); omitted in German sample: items no. 5, 11, 16, 17, 19, 21, 26, 27, 28; omitted in Kenyan sample: items no. 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 16, 17, 23, 24.
  4. cBarnard et al. (2017), Bierbrauer and Klinger (2001), Leung et al. (2012); omitted in German sample: items no. 4, 5; omitted in Kenyan sample: item no. 14.
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