Table 3.

Correlations between quality of life and personality traits according to the NEO-FFI

Domain	NEO-FFI
	Neuroticism		Extroversion		Openness to experience		Agreeableness		Conscientiousness
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Physical functioning	−0.26	<0.05	0.19	<0.05	−0.01	> 0.05	0.18	<0.05	0.11	>0.05
Role physical	−0.30	<0.05	0.29	<0.05	0.03	> 0.05	0.18	<0.05	0.19	<0.05
Bodily pain	−0.36	<0.05	0.23	<0.05	0.05	> 0.05	0.12	>0.05	0.00	>0.05
General health	−0.41	<0.05	0.33	<0.05	0.07	> 0.05	0.14	<0.05	0.08	>0.05
Vitality	−0.51	<0.05	0.54	<0.05	0.06	> 0.05	0.20	<0.05	0.26	<0.05
Social functioning	−0.52	<0.05	0.39	<0.05	0.11	> 0.05	0.27	<0.05	0.18	<0.05
Role emotional	−0.53	<0.05	0.41	<0.05	0.06	> 0.05	0.19	<0.05	0.24	<0.05
Mental health	−0.66	<0.05	0.51	<0.05	0.11	> 0.05	0.21	<0.05	0.27	<0.05

r Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient, p level of significance for r statistics, n number of participants