Table 4. Regression Analysis Predicting Adiposity from Personality Traits in the Total Samples and by Sex.
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| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||
| Age | .15** | -.05 | .34** | .19* | .11 | .39** | .04** | .05** | .01 |
| Sex (female) | -.34** | -- | -- | -.63* | -- | -- | -.09** | -- | -- |
| Education | -.02 | .02 | -.04 | .03 | .09 | -.01 | -- | -- | -- |
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| Neuroticism | -.07 | .00 | -.12 | -.04 | .00 | -.09 | -.02 | -.02 | .00 |
| Extraversion | .11* | .17* | .07 | .07* | .16* | .04 | .07** | .09** | .02 |
| Openness | .02 | -.05 | .08 | -.01 | -.07 | .04 | .02 | .02 | .02 |
| Agreeableness | .06 | .11 | .03 | .04 | .07 | .05 | .02 | .04* | -.02 |
| Conscientiousness | -.01 | .00 | -.02 | -.02 | -.06 | .01 | -.02 | -.01 | -.04* |
Note. N = 380 for the total sample of Japanese adults, n=167 for male and n=213 for female. N=5,882 for the total sample of Chinese adolescents; n=3,492 for male and n=2,390 for female. Coefficients are standardized beta coefficients from linear regression.
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p < .05.
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p < .01.