Table 4.

Correlations between agency and communion attributes and measures of personality (N = 158)

	Agency attributes		Communion attributes
Variable	Self-portrait display	Centre circle	Self-portrait display	Centre circle
NEO-Five Factor Inventory
Neuroticism	−.01	.03	.14	−.02
Extraversion	−.01	−.02	.01	.17*
Openness to experience	.23**	.19*	−.12	.01
Agreeableness	−.27**	−.19*	.25**	.29**
Conscientiousness	−.18*	.04	.09	.19*
Defence Mechanisms Inventory
Turning against object	.42***	.30***	−.28***	−.27**
Projection	.24**	.19*	−.14	−.15
Principalisation	−.09	−.09	.09	.11
Turning against self	−.30***	−.21**	.23**	.10
Reversal	−.32***	−.23**	.16*	.25**

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001.