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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Psychol. 2010 Nov;95(6):1045–1057. doi: 10.1037/a0020600

Table 3.

Childhood Trait Predictors of Adult RIASEC Occupational Environments Moderated by Gender

Predictor Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional

Step 1 Step 2 Step 1 Step 2 Step 1 Step 2 Step 1 Step 2 Step 1 Step 2 Step 1 Step 2

Gender .41* .41* −.01 −.01 −.22* −.24* −.35* −.35* −.12* −.13* −.30* −.31*
Extraversion −.05 −.05 −.03 −.03 −.02 −.02 .02 −.02 .04 .05 .05 .05
Agreeableness −.01 −.01 −.05 −.05 .03 .04 .01 .01 .05 .05 .00 .00
Conscientiousness −.10* −.10* .10* .10 .05 .05 .07 .07 .06 .06 .08* .08*
Emotional Stability −.01 −.01 −.04 −.04 .03 .03 .05 .05 .02 .02 −.02 −.03
Openness/Intellect −.05 .04 .13* .17* .12* .15* .07 .02 .04 −.11 −.08* −.19*
Gender X Openness/Intellect −.12* −.06 −.04 .07 .20* .15*
F 24.41* 21.71* 3.21* 2.89* 8.02* 6.95* 16.10* 14.02* 2.76* 4.00* 13.08* 12.33*
Overall R2 .20 .21 .03 .03 .08 .08 .14 .14 .03 .05 .12 .13
Adjusted R2 .19 .20 .02 .02 .07 .07 .13 .13 .02 .03 .11 .12
Change in R2 .01 .00 .00 .00 .02 .01
F change 4.60* 1.00 0.55 1.45 11.20* 7.03*
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p < 0.05