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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Health. 2010 Mar;25(3):305–319. doi: 10.1080/08870440902736964

Table 3.

Standardized estimates of structural coefficients for relations among conscientiousness, education, health-related behaviours, and self-report physical health in Study 2.

Path	Zero order	Model 1	Model 2
S Conscientiousness → Physical health	0.14^*		0.07
O Conscientiousness → Physical health	0.26^*		0.16^*
S Conscientiousness → Education	0.08	−0.01	−0.01
S Conscientiousness → Risky health behaviours	−0.27^*	−0.20^*	−0.20^*
S Conscientiousness → Preventive health behaviours	0.33^*	0.41^*	0.39^*
O Conscientiousness → Education	0.40^*	0.39^*	0.40^*
O Conscientiousness → Risky health behaviours	−0.40^*	−0.34^*	−0.34^*
O Conscientiousness → Preventive health behaviours	0.06	0.12	0.08
Education → Physical health	0.27^*	0.24^*	0.20^*
Education → Risky health behaviours	−0.15^*	−0.01	−0.01
Education → Preventive health behaviours	−0.01	−0.01	−0.01
Risky health behaviours → Physical health	−0.15	−0.07	−0.01
Preventive health behaviours → Physical health	0.36^*	0.30^*	0.21^*
Model fit statistics
χ²		216.03	211.48
Df		91	89
CFI		0.94	0.94
RMSEA		0.07	0.07

Notes: N = 274.

p <0.05.