Table 5.

Key parameters for perceived control over stressors

	β / r	95% CI		p-value
Association between control and Big Five personality states (within-person effects)
control → agreeableness	.07	.03	.11	.002
control → conscientiousness	.06	.03	.10	.000
control → extraversion	.11	.07	.15	.000
control → neuroticism	−.08	−.12	−.04	.000
control → openness	.08	.04	.12	.004
Correlations between Big Five traits and average control (between-person effects)
agreeableness*control	.26	.18	.35	.000
conscientiousness*control	.45	.38	.52	.000
extraversion*control	.51	.43	.57	.000
neuroticism*control	−.59	−.65	−.54	.000
openness*control	.34	.26	.40	.000
Correlations between Big Five traits and stress responses (cross-level effects)
agreeableness*control → agreeableness	−.15	−.36	.03	.138
conscientiousness*control → conscientiousness	−.36	−.72	−.09	.010
extraversion*control → extraversion	−.13	−.40	.08	.250
neuroticism*control →neuroticism	−.01	−.16	.13	.876
openness*control → openness	.02	−.19	.36	.856
Correlations between average control and stress responses (cross-level effects)
control*control → agreeableness	.05	−.24	.35	.698
control*control → conscientiousness	−.26	−.59	.22	.178
control*control → extraversion	−.16	−.40	.15	.250
control*control → neuroticism	−.19	−.35	.00	.054
control*control → openness	−.06	−.26	.18	.700

Note. N = 974 participants; 3,416 observations. Parameters for each personality trait/state are from separate multi-level structural equation models. → = random slope, * = correlation, control = perceived control over stressors, Big Five traits = random intercept of personality state, average control = random intercept for perceived control over stressors, CI = credibility interval. Bold parameters have credibility intervals that do not contain zero.