Table 2.
Partial Correlations Between Personality and Continuous Measure of Adiposity, Controlling for Sex, Age, Age Squared, Ethnicity, and Education
Personality | Adiposity Measure |
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BMI | Body Fat | Waist | Hip | |
Domains | ||||
Neuroticism | .07** | .06** | .06** | .08** |
Extraversion | .09** | .09** | .09** | .07** |
Openness | .02 | .01 | .01 | .03 |
Agreeableness | −.03 | −.03 | −.04 | −.01 |
Conscientiousness | −.06** | −.07** | −.07** | −.07** |
Facets | ||||
N1: Anxiety | −.01 | .00 | .00 | .02 |
N2: Angry Hostility | .01 | .01 | .01 | .01 |
N3: Depression | .03 | .03 | .02 | .04 |
N4: Self-Consciousness | .03 | .03 | .02 | .04 |
N5: Impulsiveness | .27** | .26** | .26** | .25** |
N6: Vulnerability | −.02 | −.02 | −.02 | .00 |
E1: Warmth | .12** | .13** | .12** | .12** |
E2: Gregariousness | .05* | .06** | .07** | .05* |
E3: Assertiveness | .11** | .12** | .11** | .10** |
E4: Activity | −.07** | −.08** | −.08** | −.07** |
E5: Excitement-Seeking | .07** | .05* | .07** | .02 |
E6: Positive Emotions | .08** | .07** | .07** | .07** |
O1: Fantasy | .04 | .04 | .05* | .05* |
O2: Aesthetics | .01 | −.01 | −.02 | .02 |
O3: Feelings | .04 | .03 | .02 | .04 |
O4: Actions | .01 | .00 | −.01 | .00 |
O5: Ideas | .02 | .02 | .02 | .04 |
O6: Values | −.04 | −.04 | −.03 | −.03 |
A1: Trust | .01 | .04 | .02 | .03 |
A2: Straightforwardness | −.07** | −.09** | −.09** | −.06* |
A3: Altruism | .05* | −.05* | .05* | .05* |
A4: Compliance | −.04 | −.03 | −.04 | −.01 |
A5: Modesty | −.05* | −.07** | −.05* | −.05* |
A6: Tender-Mindedness | .01 | .00 | .01 | .01 |
C1: Competence | .05* | .05* | .05* | .04 |
C2: Order | −.09** | −.12** | −.11** | −.10** |
C3: Dutifulness | −.03 | −.04 | −.04 | −.03 |
C4: Achievement Striving | −.01 | −.03 | −.03 | −.03 |
C5: Self-Discipline | −.08** | −.10** | −.11** | −.10** |
C6: Deliberation | −.05* | −.05* | −.04 | −.04 |
Note. N = 1,960 for BMI; n = 1852 Body Fat, n = 1868 for waist circumference, and n = 1869 for hip circumference. BMI = Body Mass Index.
p < .05.
p < .01.