TABLE 4.
Intercorrelations Between Subcomponents in Each Sample
| Subcomponents | Self- reproach 1 (N) | Negative affect (N) | Self- reproach 2 (N) | Anxiety (N) | Depression (N) | Positive affect (E) | Sociability (E) | Activity (E) | Aesthetic interests (O) | Intellectual interests (O) | Unconventionality (O) | Nonantagonistic Orientation (A) | Prosocial Orientation (A) | Orderliness (C) | Goal striving (C) | Depend- ability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-reproach 1 (N) | .62 | −.36 | −.35 | −.24 | −.05 | −.15 | −.01 | −.25 | −.22 | −.35 | −.26 | −.28 | ||||
| Negative affect (N) | .59 | −.31 | −.24 | −.23 | −.02 | −.09 | .05 | −.16 | −.11 | −.17 | −.15 | −.15 | ||||
| Self-reproach 2 (N) | .58 | .53 | −.32 | −.28 | −.21 | .02 | −.13 | −.01 | −.17 | −.14 | −.30 | −.22 | −.21 | |||
| Anxiety (N) | .57 | .46 | −.27 | −.25 | −.07 | −.10 | −.09 | −.06 | −.30 | −.16 | −.16 | −.05 | −.13 | |||
| Depression (N) | .59 | .51 | −.37 | −.32 | −.36 | −.05 | −.12 | .06 | −.14 | −.21 | −.30 | −.30 | −.26 | |||
| Positive affect (E) | −.48 | −.45 | −.43 | −.39 | −.48 | .57 | .55 | .07 | .09 | .02 | .26 | .56 | .21 | .33 | .34 | |
| Sociability (E) | −.35 | −.22 | −.33 | −.23 | −.27 | .50 | .53 | .04 | −.03 | −.07 | .11 | .30 | .21 | .29 | .30 | |
| Activity (E) | −.31 | −.26 | −.33 | −.17 | −.31 | .43 | .50 | .08 | .18 | −.10 | −.10 | .30 | .24 | .42 | .35 | |
| Aesthetic interests (O) | −.05 | −.01 | −.10 | −.01 | −.02 | .11 | .15 | .16 | .47 | .22 | .09 | .16 | .03 | .05 | .07 | |
| Intellectual interests (O) | −.26 | −.11 | −.30 | −.20 | −.08 | .05 | .08 | .27 | .46 | .21 | .02 | .19 | .03 | .21 | .14 | |
| Unconventionality (O) | .03 | .08 | .03 | .02 | .09 | −.18 | −.16 | −.14 | .24 | .23 | −.05 | .21 | −.13 | −.13 | .03 | |
| Nonantagonistic orientation (A) | −.38 | −.23 | −.29 | −.34 | −.28 | .32 | .11 | −.01 | .20 | .20 | −.10 | .43 | .13 | .07 | .12 | |
| Prosocial orientation (A) | −.31 | −.17 | −.26 | −.21 | −.25 | .49 | .28 | .23 | .13 | .13 | −.17 | .50 | .12 | .34 | .39 | |
| Orderliness (C) | −.38 | −.15 | −.35 | −.18 | −.29 | .29 | .32 | .20 | −.01 | .03 | −.17 | .29 | .37 | .48 | .37 | |
| Goalstriving (C) | −.40 | −.24 | −.37 | −.18 | −.37 | .38 | .44 | .41 | .06 | .06 | −.22 | .29 | .49 | .51 | .53 | |
| Dependability | −.37 | −.08 | −.38 | −.13 | −.20 | .32 | .25 | .19 | .12 | .11 | −.15 | .41 | .55 | .59 | .54 |
Note. Midlife adults (N = 204) below diagonal, young adults (N = 291) above diagonal. The two- and three-subscale scoring alternatives for the Neuroticism domain are mutually exclusive and therefore correlations between them are not reported. Correlations between subscales within each domain are underlined. N = Neuroticism; E = Extraversion; O = Openness; C = Conscientious.