Table 1.
Demographic and Personality Associations with General Health, Body Mass Index, and Substance Use
| Predictors |
General Health (N=460,172)
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Body Mass Index (N=225,217)
|
Substance Use (N=460,172)
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| r | B (SE) | r | B (SE) | r | B (SE) | |
| Step 1: Demographics | ||||||
| Age | −.01 | −.01 (.00) | .25 | .02 (.00) | .09 | .01 (.00) |
| Gender | .09 | .06 (.00) | .00 | .00 (.01) | .16 | .22 (.00) |
| Black vs. White | −.01 | −.09 (.01) | .03 | .28 (.02) | −.05 | −.32 (.01) |
| Asian vs. White | −.03 | −.10 (.00) | −.07 | −.16 (.01) | −.15 | −.48 (.00) |
| Multiracial vs. White | −.02 | −.07 (.01) | −.01 | .02 (.01) | −.01 | −.08 (.01) |
| ΔR2 | .01 | .07 | .06 | |||
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| Step 2: Personality | ||||||
| Extraversion | .23 | .06 (.00) | .01 | .04 (.00) | .13 | .14 (.00) |
| Agreeableness | .16 | .00 (.00) | .01 | .00 (.00) | −.07 | −.05 (.00) |
| Conscientiousness | .21 | .11 (.00) | −.01 | −.12 (.00) | −.12 | −.14 (.00) |
| Neuroticism | −.48 | −.31 (.00) | −.00 | .02 (.00) | −.01 | .04 (.00) |
| Openness | −.03 | −.07 (.00) | −.02 | −.04 (.00) | .08 | .04 (.00) |
| Multiple R | .51 | .27 | .32 | |||
| ΔR2 | .25 | .01 | .05 | |||
Note. For gender, females are the reference group. All of the dependent variables (general health, BMI, substance use) were standardized. B values are unstandardized beta coefficients. Effects ≥ +/− .01 are significant at the p < .01 level. Values ≥ +/− .10 are highlighted in bold.