Table 4.
Correlations between quality of life and personality traits according to the TCI-R
| TCI-R | SF-36
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical functioning | Role physical | Bodily pain | General health | Vitality | Social functioning | Role emotional | Mental health | |
| Novelty seeking (NS) | ||||||||
| r | −0.05 | −0.12 | −0.03 | −0.0 | −0.05 | −0.11 | −0.10 | −0.05 |
| P | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| Harm avoidance (HA) | ||||||||
| r | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.23 |
| P | <0.05 | <0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 |
| Reward dependence (RD) | ||||||||
| r | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.35 |
| P | >0.05 | <0.05 | >0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 |
| Persistence (P) | ||||||||
| r | −0.17 | −0.10 | −0.19 | −0.13 | −0.14 | −0.17 | −0.22 | −0.26 |
| P | <0.05 | >0.05 | −0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 |
| Self-directedness (SD) | ||||||||
| r | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
| P | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| Cooperativeness (C) | ||||||||
| r | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.21 |
| P | >0.05 | >0.05 | >0.05 | <0.05 | >0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 |
| Self-transcendence (ST) | ||||||||
| r | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.55 |
| P | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 | <0.05 |
Abbreviations: TCI-R, Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised; r, Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient; P, level of significance for r statistic.