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Published in final edited form as: J Res Pers. 2012 Jun;46(3):264–270. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.02.002

Table 3.

Mediation results from bootstrapping analyses (Beta coefficients (p value)).

Personality	Correlation with physical activity	Direct effect of physical activity	Total effect of personality	Direct effect of personality	Indirect effect of personality^a
Self-consciousness	−0.051 (0.038)	0.060 (<0.001)	−0.031 (0.028)	−0.028 (0.046)	(−0.007; −0.0004)
Extraversion	0.053 (0.028)	0.059 (<0.001)	0.031 (0.024)	0.028 (0.042)	(0.0004; 0.008)
Warmth	0.058 (0.017)	0.058 (0.001)	0.039 (0.006)	0.035 (0.011)	(0.001; 0.008)
Activity	0.109 (<0.001)	0.059 (0.001)	0.026 (0.042)	0.015 (0.290)	(0.003; 0.013)
Positive emotions	0.047 (0.044)	0.058 (0.001)	0.044 (0.001)	0.041 (0.002)	(0.0004; 0.007)

Bias corrected Confidence Interval (CI) for indirect effects of personality traits through physical activity. Total effect of personality is calculated without adjustment for physical activity. Direct effect of physical activity is calculated with adjustment for personality. Direct effect of personality is calculated with adjustment for physical activity. All models are further adjusted for age, sex, race, and BMI. Only personality traits that are correlated with physical activity are shown.