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Table 4 Intercorrelations and internal consistencies of factor scores, general self-efficacy and higher-order variables (Study 2)

From: Dispositional individual differences in cognitive effort investment: establishing the core construct

Variable

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1

Cognitive effort investment

.84

        

2

Cognitive motivation

.87***

.78

       

3

Effortful self-control

.88***

.53***

.78

      

4

General self-efficacy

.44***

.40***

.37***

.80

     

5

Neuroticism

− .30***

− .25**

− .27**

− .49***

.76

    

6

Extraversion

.06

.11

− .01

.22*

− .22**

.81

   

7

Openness

.09

.21*

− .06

.11

.03

.13

.70

  

8

Agreeableness

.07

.02

.11

.02

− .14

.25**

.10

.65

 

9

Conscientiousness

.56***

.31***

.67***

.22*

− .04

.05

− .13

.08

.69

  1. Coefficients are Pearson correlations (*** p < .001, ** p < .01, * p < .05); values in the diagonal give reliability estimates (McDonald’s ω for entries 1–3 and Cronbach’s α for entries 4–9)
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