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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2011 Sep;101(3):579–592. doi: 10.1037/a0024286

Table 2.

Partial Correlations Between Personality and Continuous Measure of Adiposity, Controlling for Sex, Age, Age Squared, Ethnicity, and Education

Personality Adiposity Measure
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.

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