Table 3.

Partial correlations of personality factors and spirituality/religiousness with mental health controlling for demographic variables (age, gender, ethnicity, and education) and disease status (CD4 Count and log of viral load)

	BDI	BHS	State Anxiety	Perceived Stress Scale	Life Orientation Test	Mental Health Aggregate
NEO-PI-R
N: Neuroticism	.24*	.28**	.37**	.43**	−.44**	−.43**
E: Extraversion	−.20*	−.26**	−.12	.01	.18	.19
O: Openness	−.21*	−.32**	−.25*	−.08	.25**	.28**
A: Agreeableness	−.13	−.26**	−.09	−.15	.28**	.23*
C: Conscientiousness	−.27**	−.44**	−.29**	−.20*	.33**	.38**
IWSRI Spirituality
Sense of Peace	−.27**	−.42**	−.35**	−.35**	.44**	.45**
Compassion	−.18	−.28**	−.27**	−.25*	.26**	.31**
IWSRI Religiousness
Faith in God	−.23*	−.44**	−.24*	−.27**	.36**	.38**
Religious Behavior	−.14	−.30**	−.27**	−.37**	.29**	.34**

Note: BDI = Beck Depression Inventory, BHS = Beck Hopelessness Scale;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01