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. 2015 Aug 3;6:1098. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01098

Table 3.

Political party affiliation by subscale score means.

Curious
Cautious
Analytic
Prosocial
Party affiliation N M (SD) SE M (SD) SE M (SD) SE M (SD) SE
Ultra liberal 2237 27.2 (5.0) 0.1 23.7 (5.5) 0.1 25.5 (5.7) 0.1 28.5 (5.3) 0.1
Liberal 9777 26.2 (4.8) 0.1 25.1 (4.6) 0.1 24.7 (5.2) 0.1 27.0 (5.0) 0.1
Other 18930 26.0 (4.9) 0.1 25.9 (4.4) <0.1 25.1 (5.2) <0.1 26.2 (5.0) <0.1
Conservative 8545 25.5 (4.8) <0.1 27.7 (4.2) <0.1 25.1 (5.3) <0.1 25.4 (4.8) <0.1
Ultra Conservative 424 25.4 (5.7) 0.2 28.7 (5.6) 0.1 25.9 (6.0) 0.3 25.5 (5.9) 0.2
Pearson r for conservatism -0.07 0.23 0.02 -0.15
p-value for correlation 3.5 10-47 <10-50 0.00107 <10-50

Full scale names: Curious/Energetic; Cautious/Norm Compliant; Analytic/Tough-Minded; Prosocial/Empathetic. All effects are statistically significant using the FDR multiple comparison test at a 0.05 criterion.