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Table 1 Zero-order correlations among study-variables (N = 1763)

From: Celebrity worship and cognitive skills revisited: applying Cattell’s two-factor theory of intelligence in a cross-sectional study

 

Mean (SD)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1. Age

37.22 (12.06)

           

2. Educational level

0.22***

          

3. CAS Entertainment–Social subscale

(range: 10–50)

22.46 (7.20)

 − 0.12***

 − 0.10***

         

4. CAS Intense–Personal subscale

(range: 9–45)

14.57 (5.71)

 − 0.08***

 − 0.10***

0.73***

        

5. CAS Borderline–Pathological subscale

(range: 4–20)

6.36 (2.48)

 − 0.16***

 − 0.08***

0.65***

0.63***

       

6. CAS Total

(range: 23–115)

43.38 (13.85)

 − 0.12***

 − 0.10***

0.94***

0.91***

0.78***

      

7. Self-esteem

(range: 10–40)

29.56 (5.85)

0.23***

0.16***

 − 0.13***

 − 0.14***

 − 0.19***

 − 0.16***

     

8. Current family income (z-score)

0.12***

0.22***

 − 0.10***

 − 0.12***

 − 0.09***

 − 0.12***

0.22***

    

9. Material wealth (current) (range: 1–7)

3.12 (1.00)

0.05*

 − 0.16***

0.03

0.06*

0.003

0.04

 − 0.25***

 − 0.48***

   

10. Material wealth (child) (range: 1–7)

3.68 (1.19)

0.16***

 − 0.01

 − 0.04

 − 0.04

 − 0.07**

 − 0.05

 − 0.06*

 − 0.03

0.29***

  

11. VOCAB

(range: 0–24)

22.09 (1.55)

0.07**

0.17***

 − 0.06*

 − 0.10***

 − 0.09***

 − 0.09***

0.02

0.10***

 − 0.04

0.05*

 

12. SDST

(range: 0–30)

14.77 (8.05)

 − 0.20***

0.12***

 − 0.06**

 − 0.08**

 − 0.05*

 − 0.08**

0.02

0.05*

 − 0.07**

 − 0.04

0.10***

13. Cognitive tests

(z-score)

 − 0.09***

0.18***

 − 0.08**

 − 0.12***

 − 0.09***

 − 0.11***

0.03

0.11***

 − 0.07**

0.006

0.74***

0.74***

  1. ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05
  2. CAS celebrity attitude scale, VOCAB vocabulary test, SDST short digit symbol test
  3. Educational level was coded as 1 = “8 classes of less”, 2 = “Secondary school certificate” and 3 = “College degree or higher”, and Spearman rank-order correlations were calculated for this variable, while Pearson-correlations were calculated for all other variables. Z-scores were used for the linearized variable of current family income
  4. Cognitive tests reflect a composite z-score derived from z-scores of VOCAB and SDST