A translation and validation of the Perceived Political Self-Efficacy (P-PSE) Scale for the use in German samples

Table 3 Pearson’s correlations of the P-PSE scales with theoretically related (convergent validity) and unrelated (discriminant validity) constructs

Construct	P-PSE full scale		P-PSE short scale
Construct	r	p value	r	p value
Sociodemographic variables
Age	0.07	0.020	0.12	< 0.001
Gender (0 = female, 1 = male)	0.20	< 0.001	0.19	< 0.001
High level of formal education	0.13	< 0.001	0.14	< 0.001
Vetter scale	0.60	< 0.001	0.60	< 0.001
Beierlein scale	0.61	< 0.001	0.60	< 0.001
Political interest	0.59	< 0.001	0.61	< 0.001
External efficacy	0.24	< 0.001	0.22	< 0.001
General self-efficacy	0.27	< 0.001	0.25	< 0.001
Left–right orientation	0.00	0.988	0.00	0.942
Extremism (based on left–right orientation)	0.15	< 0.001	0.13	< 0.001

Note. Values of gender and level of formal education are point-biseral correlations

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