Table 5.
Results of the hierarchical regression models predicting the EQ or a subscale of the IRI, respectively, with the Big Five dimensions for the Chinese (C), German (D), Spanish (E), and USA sample.
| Gender and age | Extraversion | Neuroticism | Openness | Conscientious-ness | Agreeableness | Complete Big Five | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empathy | C | n.s. | p < 0.001, 1.9% | n.s. | p < 0.001, 3.4% | p < 0.001, 16.1% | p < 0.001, 7.7% | p < 0.001, 29.1% |
| Quotient | D | p = 0.001, 8.7% | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 3.8% | p < 0.001, 4.6% | p < 0.001, 18.4% | p < 0.001, 26.8% |
| E | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 14.3% | p < 0.001, 14.3% | |
| USA | n.s. | p = 0.003, 3.7% | n.s. | p = 0.008, 4.6% | p = 0.010, 9.2% | p < 0.001, 28.1% | p < 0.001, 45.6% | |
| IRI fantasy | C | n.s. | p < 0.001, 3.2% | p < 0.001, 6.7% | p < 0.001, 4.1% | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 14.0% |
| D | p < 0.001, 4.4% | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 4.5% | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 4.5% | |
| E | p < 0.001, 11.1% | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 18.3% | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 18.3% | |
| USA | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | p = 0.001, 16.5% | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 16.5% | |
| IRI | C | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 6.0% | p < 0.001, 3.1% | p < 0.001, 12.5% | p < 0.001, 21.6% |
| perspective | D | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | p = 0.001, 2.9 % | n.s. | p < 0.001, 14.3% | p < 0.001, 17.2% |
| taking | E | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| USA | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | p = 0.002, 10.3% | n.s. | p = 0.001, 10.3% | |
| IRI empathic | C | n.s. | p < 0.001, 4.4% | p < 0.001, 4.4% | n.s. | p = 0.004, 1.5% | p < 0.001, 8.2% | p < 0.001, 18.5% |
| concern | D | p < 0.001, 12.4% | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 3.3% | n.s. | p < 0.001, 15.8% | p < 0.001, 19.1% |
| E | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | p = 0.001, 15.9% | p = 0.001, 15.9% | |
| USA | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | p = 0.001, 11.8% | p = 0.001, 11.8% | |
| IRI personal | C | p < 0.001, 3.6% | n.s. | p < 0.001, 34.8% | p = 0.005, 1.6% | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 36.4% |
| distress | D | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 25.2% | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 25.2% |
| E | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 24.2% | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 24.2% | |
| USA | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 26.5% | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | p < 0.001, 26.5% |
Predictors were entered by use of a stepwise forward selection approach with gender and age as first step followed by the Big Five in a second step. The table presents significance values as well as explained variance for each predictor and for the entire model (all Big Five dimensions).
Note that the first column includes the sum of variance explained by gender and age. Individual values may also present only one of the variables if the other didn’t significantly predict values in personality.