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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Feb;19(2):123–131. doi: 10.1097/jgp.0b013e3181f7d89a

Table 2.

Linear regression models showing personality domains and subjective social support as predictors of MADRS score (n=108)

Model 1 NEUROTICISM Model 2 OPENNESS Model 3 CONSCIENTIOUSNESS Model 4 EXTRAVERSION Model 5 AGREEABLENESS

Parameter Estimate Std Err t ,p * Estimate Std Err t, p* Estimate Std Err t, p* Estimate Std Err t, p* Estimate Std Err t, p*

Intercept 67.36 26.32 2.56, 0.0120 67.02 19.41 3.45, 0.0008 20.65 9.70 2.13, 0.0356 22.61 9.39 2.41, 0.0179 16.20 10.39 1.56, 0.1221
Neo Domain −0.85 0.39 −2.21, 0.0291 −0.93 0.34 −2.75, 0.0071 0.14 0.07 −2.07, 0.0411 −0.29 0.08 −3.47, 0.0008 0.10 0.08 1.16, 0.2479
Subjective Social Support −3.11 0.98 −3.18, 0.0020 −2.54 0.71 −3.58, 0.0005 −0.65 0.21 −3.08, 0.0027 −0.48 0.22 −2.21, 0.0290 −0.85 0.21 −4.03, 0.0001
NEO* Subjective Social Support 0.04 0.02 2.70, 0.0081 0.03 0.01 2.52, 0.0133
Sex −1.03 1.47 −0.70, 0.4842 −0.15 1.48 −0.10, 0.9193 0.35 1.49 0.24, 0.8136 1.32 1.48 0.89, 0.3731 0.20 1.51 0.13, 0.8940
Age 0.11 0.12 0.98, 0.3310 0.12 0.12 0.97, 0.3340 0.14 0.12 1.16, 0.2473 0.15 0.12 1.25, 0.2142 0.12 0.12 0.94, 0.3484

The t-tests for each parameter in Models 1 and 2 have 101 degrees of freedom; t-tests for each parameter in Models 3, 4 and 5 have 102 degrees of freedom;