Table 2.

Overall personality change and covariates predicting MetS components at Time 2.

Predictor	Descriptives		MetS Components
	Mean	SD	Directional Change		Absolute Change
			b (SE)	β	b (SE)	β
Personality Change	See text		−.03 (.176)	−.01	.66** (.255)	.17
Age	55.43	12.45	.01** (.004)	.20	.01** (.004)	.23
Education	3.19	.88	−.24*** (.050)	−.30	−.22*** (.050)	−.28
T1 Self-reported Health	7.66	1.41	−.17*** (.031)	−.34	−.16*** (.031)	−.32
Female (%)	57.36	—	−.32*** (.044)	−.22	−.32*** (.044)	−.23
Black (%)	2.59	—	−.02 (.334)	−.01	−.07 (.334)	−.01
White (%)	92.82	—	−.05 (.205)	−.01	−.07 (.204)	−.01
Current Smoker (%)	10.54	—	.03 (.139)	.01	−.06 (.139)	−.01
History of CVD (%)	14.75	—	.13 (.123)	.00	.11 (.123)	.03
T2 Neuroticism	2.07	.63	−.14† (.072)	−.13	−.15* (.072)	−.13
T2 Conscientiousness	3.46	.45	−.25* (.104)	−.16	−.23* (.104)	−.14
T2 Agency	2.61	.66	.22** (.083)	.21	.22** (.082)	.22
T2 Extraversion	3.11	.57	−.28** (.106)	−.23	−.25* (.106)	−.20
T2 Agreeableness	3.45	.50	.34** (.106)	.25	.36*** (.104)	.26
T2 Openness	2.90	.54	−.02 (.103)	−.02	.00 (.103)	−.00

Note. N = 996. SD = Standard deviation; SE = Standard error; MetS = Metabolic Syndrome; CVD = Cardiovascular disease. Standardized regression coefficients, βs, for continuous predictors were calculated as the predicted change in the dependent variable, in standard deviations, for a 2-SD change in the predictor variable (see Gelman, 2008).

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p <.001.