Table 3.

Rank-Order Stability of BFI and PANAS-X Scales

	Stability Coefficients			Coefficient Alpha
Scale	T12	T23	T13	T1	T2	T3
BFI Scales
Neuroticism	.58a	.70b	.49	.83	.88	.81
Extraversion	.72a	.77a	.63	.85	.88	.86
Openness	.64a	.73b	.57	.78	.83	.80
Agreeableness	.59a	.69b	.52	.77	.78	.79
Conscientiousness	.62a	.62a	.49	.72	.75	.72
(Median)	(.62)	(.70)	(.52)	(.78)	(.83)	(.80)
NA Scales
General NA	.49a	.55a	.48	.82	.81	.84
Hostility	.51a	.56a	.46	.78	.81	.79
Guilt	.46a	.56b	.42	.81	.82	.85
Sadness	.52a	.50a	.36	.86	.87	.82
Fear	.43a	.50a	.43	.83	.78	.83
(Median)	(.49)	(.55)	(.43)	(.82)	(.81)	(.83)
PA Scales
General PA	.44a	.55b	.44	.77	.82	.84
Joviality	.51a	.61b	.50	.91	.92	.91
Self-Assurance	.52a	.59a	.50	.72	.77	.79
Attentiveness	.41a	.49a	.37	.69	.74	.72
(Median)	(.48)	(.57)	(.47)	(.75)	(.80)	(.82)
Other Affect Scales
Shyness	.60a	.68b	.54	.86	.86	.86
Fatigue	.44a	.45a	.42	.85	.86	.86
Serenity	.45a	.58b	.45	.80	.81	.78
Surprise	.42a	.37a	.34	.72	.78	.73
(Median)	(.45)	(.52)	(.44)	(.83)	(.84)	(.82)

Note: N=299.

T₁₂ and T₂₃ stability coefficients with different subscripts indicate significant differences between the two stability coefficients at p<.05.

All correlations are significant, p<.01