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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers. 2018 Aug 2;87(2):386–397. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12397

Table 4.

The standardized beta’s (equivalent to correlations) of the association between loneliness and the Big Five personality dimensions as estimated by generalized estimation equations (GEE) (Nmales = 11,321, Nfemales = 18,474, Ntotal = 29,795)

Males
(corrected
for age)		 Females
(corrected
for age)		 Pooled
(corrected
for age &
gender)		 Pooled
(corrected
for age,
gender, and
the
remaining
four
personality
dimensions)		 Pooled
(corrected
for age,
gender, and
neuroticism)
Openness to Experience .07 (SE=.009) .07 (SE=.008) .07 (SE=.006) .06 (SE=.005) .05 (SE=.005)
Conscientiousness −.22 (SE=.009) −.23 (SE=.008) −.22 (SE=.006) .005 (SE=.006) −.02 (SE=.006)
Extraversion −.29 (SE=.009) −.35 (SE=.008) −.33 (SE=.006) −.09 (SE=.006) −.08 (SE=.006)
Agreeableness −.14 (SE=.009) −.22 (SE=.008) −.18 (SE=.006) −.03 (SE=.006) −.03 (SE=.006)
Neuroticism .51 (SE=.009) .57 (SE=.007) .55 (SE=.005) .50 (SE=.006) NA