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. 2012 Oct;53(5):450–460. doi: 10.3325/cmj.2012.53.450

Table 5.

Regression analyses predicting Autodestructiveness in the clinical sample from five dimensions of the Big-Five personality model, after controlling for sex*

Autodestructiveness
β (P) ΔR2
Step 1

0.103
sex
-0.320 (0.002)

F(1,90) =
10.296, P = 0.002
Step 2

0.475
Emotional Stability
-0.727 (<0.001)

F(1,89) =
99.963, P = <0.001

Step 3

0.043
conscientiousness
-0.215 (0.002)

F(1,88) =
9.982, P = 0.002
all variables: R2 = 0.620


F(3,88) = 47.945, P = <0.001

*Significant values are in bold.