Table 2.

Correlations between personality subtraits and eating behaviours

Factors	Subtraits	Satiety responsiveness	Slow eating	Fussiness	Emotional undereating	Food responsiveness	Enjoyment of food	Emotional over-eating
E	Energy	0.04	− 0.04	− 0.04	0.03	− 0.02	0.06	− 0.01
	Expressiveness	0.02	0.00	− 0.13	0.00	0.00	0.16	− 0.06
	Optimism	− 0.06	− 0.08	− 0.18	− 0.10	− 0.12	0.20	− 0.18
	Shyness	0.08	0.10	0.18	0.13	0.11	− 0.13	0.17
A	Altruism	− 0.07	− 0.05	− 0.18	− 0.07	− 0.06	0.16	− 0.08
	Dominance	0.03	− 0.04	0.02	0.05	0.10	0.00	0.04
	Egocentrism	0.17	0.11	0.25	0.19	0.27	− 0.12	0.28
	Compliance	− 0.15	− 0.05	− 0.22	− 0.17	− 0.19	0.12	− 0.17
	Irritability	0.12	0.08	0.17	0.20	0.25	− 0.07	0.27
C	Concentration	− 0.12	− 0.11	− 0.14	− 0.09	− 0.20	0.11	− 0.21
	Perseverance	− 0.16	− 0.04	− 0.18	− 0.13	− 0.25	0.09	− 0.21
	Order	− 0.14	− 0.02	− 0.16	− 0.06	− 0.18	0.10	− 0.12
	Achievement striving	− 0.02	0.02	− 0.05	0.02	− 0.01	0.09	0.00
N	Anxiety	0.13	0.16	0.20	0.20	0.25	− 0.08	0.31
	Self-confidence	− 0.12	− 0.16	− 0.20	− 0.16	− 0.20	0.15	− 0.25
I	Creativity	0.00	− 0.01	− 0.13	0.02	− 0.04	0.17	− 0.07
	Intellect	− 0.08	− 0.09	− 0.15	− 0.07	− 0.15	0.14	− 0.17
	Curiosity	− 0.07	− 0.02	− 0.17	− 0.04	− 0.03	0.19	− 0.05

E extraversion, A agreeableness, C conscientiousness, N neuroticism, I imagination

Pearson correlations ≥ 0.09 are significant at P ≤ 0.001