Table 3.
Key parameters for perceived stress variety
| β / r | 95% CI | p-value | ||
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| Association between among stress variety and Big Five personality states (within-person effects) | ||||
| stress variety → agreeableness | −.11 | −.13 | −.07 | .000 |
| stress variety → conscientiousness | .03 | .00 | .06 | .020 |
| stress variety → extraversion | −.06 | −.09 | −.04 | .000 |
| stress variety → neuroticism | .24 | .21 | .26 | .000 |
| stress variety → openness | −.03 | −.06 | −.01 | .010 |
| Correlations between Big Five traits and average stress variety (between-person effects) | ||||
| agreeableness*stress variety | −.13 | −.22 | −.07 | .000 |
| conscientiousness*stress variety | −.11 | −.19 | −.02 | .000 |
| extraversion*stress variety | −.13 | −.19 | −.06 | .000 |
| neuroticism*stress variety | .28 | .21 | .34 | .000 |
| openness*stress variety | −.08 | −.15 | −.01 | .040 |
| Correlations between Big Five traits and stress responses (cross-level effects) | ||||
| agreeableness*stress variety → agreeableness | −.14 | −.26 | −.04 | .010 |
| conscientiousness*stress variety → conscientiousness | .02 | −.13 | .13 | .720 |
| extraversion*stress variety → extraversion | .09 | −.07 | .20 | .220 |
| neuroticism*stress variety → neuroticism | .15 | .00 | .36 | .064 |
| openness*stress variety → openness | −.15 | −.28 | .01 | .066 |
| Correlations between average stress variety and stress responses (cross-level effects) | ||||
| stress variety*stress variety → agreeableness | .07 | −.03 | .19 | .170 |
| stress variety*stress variety → conscientiousness | .05 | −.07 | .14 | .440 |
| stress variety*stress variety → extraversion | .06 | −.07 | .19 | .220 |
| stress variety*stress variety → neuroticism | −.21 | −.32 | −.09 | .004 |
| stress variety*stress variety → openness | .06 | −.08 | .22 | .306 |
Note. N = 1,090 participants; 8,870 observations. Parameters for each personality trait/state are from separate multi-level structural equation models. → = random slope, * = correlation, stress variety = number of perceived stressful events per day, Big Five traits = random intercept of personality state, average stress variety = random intercept for stress variety, CI = credibility interval. Bold parameters have credibility intervals that do not contain zero.