Table 4.
Big Five | Cognitive Function | |||||
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Executive Function a | Verbal Memory b | Attention and Processing Speed c | ||||
r | p | r | p | r | p | |
Openness | 0.15 | 0.112 | 0.04 | 0.687 | 0.22 | 0.020 |
Conscientiousness | 0.02 | 0.827 | −0.08 | 0.396 | −0.01 | 0.904 |
Extraversion | 0.04 | 0.691 | 0.11 | 0.269 | 0.13 | 0.168 |
Agreeableness | −0.01 | 0.942 | −0.03 | 0.792 | 0.07 | 0.448 |
Neuroticism | −0.28 | 0.003 | 0.09 | 0.927 | −0.18 | 0.058 |
Note. BD = bipolar disorder; a sum score of the Trail Making Test (TMT) part B and the interference trial of J. Stroop’s Color and Word Interference Test; b sum score of California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) trial 1-5, CVLT short delay free recall, CVLT long delay free recall, CVLT short delay cued recall, and CVLT long delay cued recall; c sum score of d2 Test of Attention Revised, Stroop’s word-reading and color-naming trials, and TMT part A. Results remaining significant after the employment of False Discovery Rate (FDR) are marked in bold letters. Covariates included age, sex, education, and BDI.