Table 3.

Correlation of Big Five and gelotophobia-related traits.

Group	TD			ASD
Root	1	2	3	1	2	3
Eigenvalue	0.796	0.419	0.098	0.645	0.312	0.051
Variance	60.593	31.891	7.517	63.954	30.941	5.104
Canonical	0.666	0.543	0.380	0.626	0.488	0.221
Wilks	0.357	0.642	0.910	0.441	0.725	0.951
F	12.320	9.258	4.936	7.326	5.063	2.008
p	<0.001	<0.001	0.003	<0.001	<0.001	0.117
PREDICTIVE VARIABLES
Extraversion	−0.863	−0.206	−0.208	0.103	−0.901
Conscientiousness	−0.206	0.633	0.148	−0.475	−0.282
Agreeableness	−0.492	0.789	−0.291	−0.966	−0.062
Openness	−0.530	−0.006	−0.487	−0.051	−0.456
Emotional stability	−0.612	0.480	0.563	−0.695	−0.277
CRITERION VARIABLES
Gelotophobia	0.971	−0.018	−0.240	0.176	0.775
Gelotophilia	−0.320	−0.327	−0.889	0.042	−0.575
Katagelasticism	0.142	−0.983	−0.117	0.891	−0.028

^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01. The bold values are highest correlation in the root.