Table 3.
Zero- and First-Order Relations between Personnel Reaction Blank Scales and MPQ Primary Scales and Higher-Order Factors.
| PRI | SWB | PSB | CSN | COP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPQ Primary Scales: | |||||
| Well-being | 34** (.17**) | .52** (.27**) | .32** (.19**) | .07 (.00) | −.06 (−.04) |
| Social Potency | .07 (.04) | .23** (.14**) | .04 (−.02) | −.10* (−.05) | −.05 (−.02) |
| Achievement | 21** (.08*) | .19** (.04) | .19** (.07†) | .17** (.07†) | .02 (.04) |
| Social Closeness | .28** (.05) | .37** (.03) | .26** (.07†) | .09† (.02) | −.01 (.00) |
| Stress Reaction | −.42** (−.18**) | −.61** (−.34**) | −.31** (−.06) | −.19** (−.11*) | .05 (.06) |
| Alienation | −.49** (−.25**) | −.58** (−.29**) | −.41** (−.23**) | −.26** (−.08†) | −.01 (−.02) |
| Aggression | −.36** (−.11**) | −.23** (−.01) | −.30** (−.09†) | −.38** (−.17**) | −.10* (−.06) |
| Control | .29** (.18**) | .07 (.08*) | .25** (.17**) | .45** (.31**) | .08† (.00) |
| Harm Avoidance | .24** (.14**) | .00 (.00) | .18** (.06) | .33** (.15**) | .19** (.15**) |
| Traditionalism | .21** (.11**) | .10* (.02) | .24** (.15**) | .26** (.17**) | .03 (.01) |
| Absorption | −.24** (−.11**) | −.16** (−.05) | −.19** (−.10*) | −.18** (−.07†) | −.10* (−.07) |
| MPQ Factors: | |||||
| PEM | .31** | .46** | .27** | .06 | −.04 |
| NEM | −.51** | −.58** | −.41** | −.34** | −.01 |
| CON | .37** | .08† | .32** | .51** | .15** |
Note. N = 756–757. SWB = Sense of Well-being, PSB = Prosocial Background, CSN = Compliance with Social Norms, COP = Conventional Occupational Preferences, PRI = Personal Reliability Index, MPQ = Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire. PEM = Positive Emotionality, NEM = Negative Emotionality, CON = Constraint. Beta coefficients are given in parentheses to the right of the zero-order correlations and were derived from regression models in which the MPQ primary scales were entered together as predictors of each PRB subscale (tested individually). The MPQ factors were not entered into these regression models and were only analyzed at the zero-order level.
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