TABLE 6.

Domain and Subcomponents Criterion Correlations

	Mid Life Adults										Young Adults
NEO–FFI Domain and Subcomponent	Life Satisfaction		Job Satisfaction		Marital Satisfaction		Artistic Hobbies		Loneliness		Opposite Sex Socializing		Feeling Anxious		Feeling Depressed		Contemplating Suicide		Loneliness
Neuroticism	−.39	.41	−.24	−.25	−.23	−.24			.47	.51			.50	.52	.60	.63	.38	.40	.49	.49
Anxiety	−.27	−.34	−.15	−.19	−.14	−.18			.32	.43			.41	.53	.45	.59	.32	.42	.34	.46
Depression	−.37	−.46	−.24	−.30	−.24	−.30			.40	.52			.36	.48	.48	.64	.29	.39	.44	.62
Self-reproach	−.34	−.40	−.23	−.27	−.18	−.21			.46	.56			.44	.52	.52	.62	.33	.40	.43	.53
Extraversion	.27	.29	.28	.30					−.56	−.64	.28	.30			−.31	−.34	−.31	−.34	−.57	−.65
Positive affect	.31	.35	.21	.23					−.54	−.63	.25	.29			−.29	−.34	−.31	−.34	−.57	−.57
Sociability	.19	.23	.25	.30					−.49	−.62	.29	.37			−.24	−.30	−.28	−.35	−.48	−.63
Activity	.15	.17	.21	.24					−.31	−.38	.17	.20			−.24	−.28	−.20	−.24	−.40	−.49
Openness							.44	.49
Aesthetic interests							.48	.53
Intellectual interests							.24	.33
Unconventionality							.16	.23
Agreeableness	.27	.29			.20	.21			−.44	.49									−.42	−.47
Nonantagonistic orientation	28	.32			.21	.24			−.36	−.44									−.29	−.35
Prosocial orientation	.17	.20			.09	.11			−.43	−.53									−.45	−.51
Conscientiousness									−.43	−.49	.19	.21			−.28	−.31			−.36	−.41
Orderliness									−.33	−.40	.14	.16			−.19	−.25			−.28	−.39
Goal striving									−.33	−.39	.15	.17			−.26	−.30			−.27	−.33
Dependability									−.38	−.46	.18	.21			−.22	−.28			−.33	−.44

Note. Domain criterion correlations significant at p < .01, followed by subcomponent criterion correlations. Underlined numbers are correlations corrected for attenuation due to measurement error.