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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers. 2008 Mar 5;76(2):267–304. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00486.x

Table 2.

Correlations Between the BFI and PANAS-X Scales

BFI Scale
Scale N E O A C
NA Scales
General NA .59 −.25 −.05 −.38 −.28
Fear .55 −.24 −.04 −.18 −.17
Sadness .46 −.31 .01 −.29 −.25
Guilt .42 −.19 .01 −.32 −.31
Hostility .41 −.25 −.10 −.57 −.30
PA Scales
General PA −.34 .46 .20 .31 .40
Joviality −.39 .57 .14 .40 .17
Self-assurance .41 .44 .19 .03 .10
Attentiveness −.19 .29 .10 .24 .54
Other Affect Scales
Surprise .08 .15 .04 .15 .07
Serenity .65 .15 .09 .26 .05
Fatigue .32 −.24 −.07 −.25 −.29
Shyness .32 .70 −.15 −.06 −.17

Note: N=299.

Correlations represent median inter-scale correlation from Time 1, Time 2, and Time 3.

Correlations greater than |.40| are in bold.