Table 7 Canonical correlations between competence and control beliefs and social axioms.
Variables sets | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany | Kenya | ||||||
Canonical variables | |||||||
1 | r | 1 | r | 2 | r | ||
1: Competence and control beliefsa | |||||||
Self-concept of own competence | –0.01 | –0.50 | 0.32 | 0.77 | –0.79 | –0.37 | |
Internality | –0.23 | –0.66 | 0.78 | 0.95 | 0.48 | 0.18 | |
Powerful others | 0.24 | 0.79 | 0.21 | –0.02 | –0.04 | –0.46 | |
Chance | 0.63 | 0.93 | –0.10 | –0.19 | –0.80 | –0.76 | |
% redundancy | 26.7 | 9.8 | 5.2 | ||||
2: Social Axiomsb | |||||||
Social cynicism | 0.46 | 0.51 | –0.08 | 0.16 | –0.09 | –0.27 | |
Reward for application | –0.12 | –0.09 | 0.92 | 0.99 | –0.59 | –0.04 | |
Social complexity | –0.15 | –0.29 | 0.19 | 0.67 | 0.44 | 0.23 | |
Fate control | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.02 | –0.24 | –0.89 | –0.82 | |
Religiosity | –0.14 | –0.06 | –0.05 | 0.24 | 0.40 | 0.31 | |
% redundancy | 10.2 | 8.1 | 3.9 | ||||
Canonical correlation CR (CRT) | 0.70 (0.80) | 0.51 (0.57) | 0.47 (0.53) | ||||
Significance test F(p) | 2.17 (0.005) | 2.57 ( < 0.001) | 2.31 (0.009) | ||||
% of variance | 49.1 | 25.8 | 21.7 | ||||