Table 4. Results of the Mega-Analysis: Relationship of Big-Five Trait Standing to Multiple Behavior Summaries.
| Behavior Summary | Extraversion | Agreeableness | Conscientious | Emot. Stability | Intellect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single State | .18*** | .34*** | .24*** | .31*** | .37*** |
| Mean | .42*** | .55*** | .48*** | .53*** | .56*** |
| Median | .41*** | .52*** | .45*** | .51*** | .55*** |
| Mode | .28*** | .45*** | .33*** | .42*** | .48*** |
| Semi-Partial Mean | |||||
| .35*** | .43*** | .38*** | .46*** | .51*** | |
| Maximum | .34*** | .42*** | .38*** | .42*** | .54*** |
| Minimum | .22* | .33*** | .32*** | .37*** | .27*** |
| Variability | .09* | -.07 | -.08 | -.23*** | .23*** |
| Quadratic Trait predicting | |||||
| Variability | .15** | .06 | .05 | .05 | .03 |
| Skew | -.24*** | -.25*** | -.18*** | -.28*** | -.20*** |
| Kurtosis | .08 | .19*** | .13** | .27*** | -.02 |
Note. Table entries are correlations between trait standing and acting the way described by the trait. Each row refers to a different way of summarizing states. Correlations were calculated across up to 15 experience sampling studies combined into one data file (N = 15 studies, 495 participants, and 21,871 occasions). Questionnaire scores, parameters, and single states were centered within study before computing the respective correlations, to eliminate artificial inflation of correlations due to between-study differences. The Mean row shows that traits predict average states stronger than .3 or even .4, ranging from .42 for extraversion to .56 for intellect.
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p < .001
**
p < .01
*
p < .05