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. 2016 Sep 6;41(1):35–44. doi: 10.1007/s10919-016-0240-1

Table 2.

Spearman’s ranked correlations between biomechanics and psychometrics across participants split by gender and together as an overall sample (with p values in brackets)

Trait Ranges of motiona
Thorax–Pelvis Thorax-Lab Pelvis-Lab Gait speed
Male participants (N = 16)
 Physical aggression 0.47 (.066) 0.39 (.130) 0.26 (.332) 0.33 (.211)
 Verbal aggression 0.42 (.106) 0.72 (.002) 0.67 (.004) −0.47 (.065)
 Anger 0.34 (.201) 0.35 (.182) 0.43 (.095) 0.35 (.180)
 Hostility −0.23 (.383) 0.17 (.532) 0.31 (.250) −0.37 (.159)
 Conscientiousness −0.31 (.235) −0.18 (.516) −0.12 (.665) 0.07 (.801)
 Agreeableness 0.05 (.856) −0.01 (.969) 0.01 (.974) −0.02 (.952)
 Neuroticism −0.23 (.397) −0.23 (.387) −0.09 (.736) −0.21 (.429)
 Openness −0.23 (.391) −0.42 (.106) −0.29 (.274) 0.17 (.526)
 Extraversion 0.11 (.692) 0.58 (.018) 0.49 (.051) 0.11 (.697)
Female participants (N = 13)
 Physical aggression 0.74 (.004) 0.03 (.914) −0.20 (.502) −0.07 (.821)
 Verbal aggression 0.08 (.802) −0.16 (.614) −0.13 (.679) −0.05 (.878)
 Anger 0.55 (.051) 0.06 (.837) −0.12 (.693) 0.17 (.590)
 Hostility −0.02 (.943) −0.42 (.149) −0.47 (.102) −0.22 (.478)
 Conscientiousness −0.21 (.499) 0.69 (.009) 0.14 (.641) 0.55 (.054)
 Agreeableness 0.06 (.843) −0.47 (.102) 0.80 (.001) 0.64 (.017)
 Neuroticism 0.01 (.971) 0.33 (.271) −0.28 (.360) −0.44 (.133)
 Openness 0.23 (.443) −0.43 (.145) 0.02 (.957) −0.03 (.928)
 Extraversion 0.26 (.385) −0.37 (.219) 0.54 (.055) 0.51 (.075)
Overall sample (N = 29)
 Physical aggression 0.43 (.019) 0.23 (.232) 0.02 (.939) 0.12 (.550)
 Verbal aggression 0.08 (.697) 0.20 (.305) 0.18 (.344) −0.19 (.312)
 Anger 0.48 (.008) 0.26 (.170) 0.21 (.285) 0.27 (.163)
 Hostility 0.09 (.641) 0.02 (.940) 0.07 (.712) −0.31 (.099)
 Conscientiousness −0.21 (.285) 0.52 (.004) 0.06 (.765) 0.39 (.036)
 Agreeableness 0.06 (.750) −0.20 (.310) 0.48 (.008) 0.29 (.122)
 Neuroticism 0.01 (.944) 0.05 (.786) 0.01 (.964) −0.27 (.158)
 Openness 0.03 (.884) −0.28 (.141) −0.07 (.722) 0.03 (.863)
 Extraversion 0.13 (.489) 0.18 (.362) 0.43 (.019) 0.23 (.233)

Bold type highlights effects that are significant at p < .05

aRanges of motion are as follows; Thorax–Pelvis range is the range of Thorax movement relative to the participants’ range of pelvic movement, Thorax-Lab range is the range of Thorax movement relative to the lab and Pelvis-Lab range of motion is the range of pelvic movement relative to the lab