An English-language adaptation of the Interpersonal Trust Short Scale (KUSIV3)

Table 4 Correlations of KUSIV3 with relevant variables

	UK		DE
	r	CI_95%	r	CI_95%
Big Five
Extraversion	.16***	[.07, .25]	.06	[− .03, .15]
Agreeableness	.37***	[.29, .45]	.36***	[.28, .44]
Conscientiousness	.03	[− .06, .12]	.06	[− .03, .15]
Emotional Stability	.32***	[.40, .24]	.30***	[.38, .22]
Openness	.08	[− .01, .17]	.04	[− .05, .13]
General self-efficacy	.10*	[.01, .19]	.17***	[.08, .26]
Locus of control
Internal	.16***	[.08, .25]	.16***	[.07, .24]
External	− .06	[− .15, .04]	− .22***	[− .30, − .13]
Optimism–pessimism	.42***	[.35, .49]	.43***	[.35, .50]
Political efficacy
Internal	.17***	[.08, .25]	.10*	[.01, .19]
External	.16***	[.08, .25]	.28***	[.20, .37]
Left–right self-placement	− .10	[− .21, .01]	− .25***	[− .34, − .15]
Social desirability
Exaggerating positive qualities	.24***	[.16, .33]	.17***	[.08, .25]
Minimizing negative qualities	.02	[− .07, .11]	− .13**	[− .21, − .04]
Life satisfaction	.41***	[.33, .48]	.35***	[.27, .43]
Health	.24***	[− .32, − .15]	.18***	[− .27, − .09]
Sociodemographic characteristics
Employment status	− .03	[− .12, .06]	− .06	[− .15, .03]
Income	.15**	[.06, .24]	.20***	[.11, .29]
Educational level	.11*	[.01, .19]	.09	[.00, .17]
Age	.17***	[.08, .25]	.13**	[.04, .22]
Gender	− .12**	[− .12, − .03]	.01	[− .08, .10]

Note. UK = United Kingdom (N = 468; N_{Left–right self-placement} = 325; N_{Employment status} = 450; N_Income = 431), DE = Germany (N = 474; N_{Left–right self-placement} = 394; N_{Employment status} = 462; N_Income = 449), CI = confidence interval. Optimism–pessimism: very pessimistic (1) – very optimistic (7). Health: very bad (1) – very good (5). Gender: 1 = male, 2 = female. ^*p < .05, ^**p < .01, ^***p < .001. Coefficients significant on the < .001 level are set in boldface

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