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Published in final edited form as: J Res Pers. 2009 Oct 1;43(5):875–879. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.07.006

Table 2.

Results of regression analyses predicting affective instability and its components (ß)

	Affective Instability		Emotional Variability		Affect Intensity
	Sample 1	Sample 3	Sample 2	Sample 3	Sample 2	Sample 3
Attention	.18^**	.17^*	.03	.09	.32^**	.20^*
Clarity	-.25^**	-.24^*	-.24^**	-.21^*	.05	-.03
Neuroticism	-	.43^**	.52^**	.49^**	.36^**	.42^**
Gender	-.10	-	.04	-	-.16^**	-
R²	.11^**	.38^**	.43^**	.40^**	.35^**	.24^**

Note. ‘-’ indicates that the independent variable was not assessed in the respective sample. Attention = attention to emotion; Clarity = Clarity of emotion

p < .05,

^**

p < .01