Table 4.
Relations between MPQ-Based Triarchic Subscales and Self-Report Measures of Personality, Temperament/Affectivity, and Intelligence in Incarcerated Male Participants
| MPQ-Tri Scale | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boldness r (β) |
Meanness r (β) |
Disinhibition r (β) |
Multiple R (R2) |
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| NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI; n = 167) | ||||
| Neuroticism | −.40 (−.32) | .33 (.04) | .60 (.53) | .68 (.46) |
| Extraversion | .60 (.59) | −.26 (−.23) | −.27 (−.06) | .65 (.42) |
| Openness | .34 (.33) | −.25 (−.21) | −.24 (−.07) | .43 (.18) |
| Agreeableness | −.06 (−.10) | −.54 (−.36) | −.51 (−.32) | .60 (.36) |
| Conscientiousness | .26 (.19) | −.18 (.09) | −.46 (−.48) | .50 (.25) |
| EASI Temperament Inventory (n = 171) | ||||
| Emotionality: Fearfulness | −.44 (−.40) | .12 (−.07) | .35 (.34) | .54 (.29) |
| Emotionality: Distress | −.31 (−.24) | .26 (−.03) | .53 (.52) | .58 (.34) |
| Emotionality: Anger | −.02 (.00) | .41 (.28) | .39 (.23) | .45 (.20) |
| Activity | .38 (.40) | .07 (−.04) | .11 (.18) | .41 (.17) |
| Sociability | .21 (.22) | −.26 (−.31) | −.13 (.07) | .34 (.12) |
| Impulsivity | .13 (.19) | .29 (.04) | .43 (.43) | .47 (.22) |
| Positive & Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS;n = 98) | ||||
| Positive Affect | .45 (.40) | −.29 (−.14) | −.43 (−.29) | .59 (.25) |
| Negative Affect | −.34 (−.27) | .26 (.03) | .49 (.44) | .56 (.31) |
| Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; n = 101) | −.29 (−.24) | .30 (.11) | .44 (.33) | .50 (.25) |
| Fear Survey Schedule-III (FSS-III; n = 172) | −.22 (−.20) | .21 (.13) | .24 (.14) | .33 (.11) |
| State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI; n=167) | ||||
| Total Score | −.13 (−.07) | .53 (.32) | .57 (.38) | .63 (.40) |
| Anger In | −.32 (−.26) | .42 (.24) | .48 (.31) | .57 (.32) |
| Anger Out | .11 (.16) | .39 (.25) | .38 (.26) | .46 (.21) |
| Control | .08 (.03) | −.36 (−.20) | −.40 (−.29) | .44 (.19) |
| Shipley Institute of Living Scale (SILS; n = 103) | ||||
| Total Score | .31 (.32) | −.14 (−.08) | −.18 (−.00) | .32 (.10) |
| Verbal | .29 (.29) | −.16 (−.13) | −.19 (−.08) | .35 (.12) |
| Abstraction | .24 (.25) | −.04 (−.06) | −.06 (.02) | .25 (.06) |
Note. Sample sizes differed by measure as indicated. Bold font entries denote r/β magnitudes ≥ .20 that are significant at the p < .005 level. Zero-order correlations (r) reflect bivariate associations for each MPQ-Triarchic (MPQ-Tri) scale with criterion measure. To quantify distinct contributions of each of the MPQ-Tri scales (Boldness, Meanness, Disinhibition) to prediction of criterion measures after controlling for their shared variance, standardized regression coefficients (β) from regression models incorporating all three MPQ-Tri subscales as predictors are presented alongside zero-order correlations; the multiple regression coefficient (R) and squared value of this coefficient (R2) are also presented for each of these models. MPQ = Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire; EASI = Emotionality-Activity-Sociability-Impulsivity.