Table 2.
| Hypothesis Tested | ||
|---|---|---|
| Predictor | Personality Predicts Average Levels Of Illness Burden Over Follow-up | Personality Predicts Rate of Illness Burden Accumulation Over Follow-up |
| Fixed Effects | ||
| Neuroticism | 0.62*** (0.16) | 0.63*** (0.16) |
| Extraversion | −0.16 (0.16) | −0.16 (0.17) |
| Openness | −0.06 (0.18) | −0.06 (0.18) |
| Agreeableness | −0.13 (0.18) | 0.03 (0.19) |
| Conscientiousness | −0.43** (0.16) | −0.44** (0.16) |
| Time: Years | 1.28*** (0.06) | 1.37*** (0.07) |
| Time: Years 2 | −0.11* (0.05) | −0.11* (0.05) |
| Time: Years 3 | 0.06 (0.03) | 0.06* (0.03) |
| Baseline Age (Years) | 0.13*** (0.02) | 0.13*** (0.02) |
| Education (Years) | −0.07 (0.06) | −0.07 (0.06) |
| Female Gender | −0.48 (0.28) | −0.49 (0.28) |
| Agreeableness * Time | −0.18** (0.05) | |
| Intercept (Average CIRS at Wave 3) | 9.72*** (0.22) | 9.73*** (0.22) |
| Random Effects | ||
| Linear Time Variance | 0.53*** (0.07) | 0.51*** (0.07) |
| Quadratic Time Variance | .08*** (0.03) | .08*** (0.03) |
| Cubic Time Variance | .05*** (0.02) | .05*** (0.02) |
| Intercept Variance | 7.09*** (0.49) | 7.11*** (0.49) |
| Residual Variance | .59*** (0.06) | .59*** (0.05) |
| N | 1453 | 1453 |
| AIC | 5714 | 5709 |
| BIC | 5804 | 5804 |
Notes. Entries are parameter estimates (change in CIRS scores per unit increase in predictor), beneath which standard errors are in parentheses. Personality traits scaled by interquartile range, so that 1 unit corresponds to difference between a person at 75th v. 25th percentile.
*
p ≤ .05
**
p ≤ .01
***
p ≤ .001.
Random effect standard errors smaller than .001 are reported as zero. P-values are from z-statistics.