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. 2019 Feb 19;10:281. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00281

Table 2.

Partial correlations (controlling for age and gender) between centered value traits and 89 behavioral acts.

No Item SDT SDA ST HE AC POD POR FAC SEP SES TR COR COI HU UNN UNC UNT BEC BED
CHILDREN
175 Read the comics to a child. 0.06 −0.05 −0.08 −0.09 −0.16 −0.05 −0.07 −0.04 0.02 0.01 0.11 0.08 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.09 0.09 0.02 0.04
HOMEMAKING
5 Washed dishes. 0.06 −0.02 −0.10 −0.14 −0.07 −0.14 −0.13 −0.04 −0.02 0.08 0.11 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.01 0.14 0.13 0.04 0.09
9 Cared for a potted plant. 0.09 −0.05 −0.06 −0.06 −0.09 −0.15 −0.12 −0.06 −0.03 0.03 0.01 0.05 0.07 0.01 0.16 0.08 0.08 0.10 0.05
38 Made a bed. 0.02 −0.04 −0.04 −0.07 −0.01 −0.17 −0.12 0.03 −0.03 0.03 0.07 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.01 0.10 0.13 0.07 0.02
70 Cleaned the house. 0.09 −0.04 0.00 −0.08 −0.08 −0.16 −0.13 −0.09 −0.02 0.02 0.09 0.01 0.02 0.06 0.05 0.09 0.16 0.08 0.06
103 Ironed linens or clothes. 0.05 −0.10 −0.08 −0.15 −0.04 −0.17 −0.10 −0.10 −0.03 0.11 0.20 0.09 0.05 0.05 0.01 0.12 0.09 0.05 0.08
135 Cooked a meal. 0.07 0.01 −0.09 −0.09 −0.06 −0.13 −0.14 −0.05 −0.02 0.07 0.11 0.09 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.08 0.09 0.04 0.06
167 Baked a cake, pie, cookies, or bread. 0.01 −0.09 −0.04 −0.08 −0.03 −0.10 −0.05 −0.12 −0.04 0.04 0.08 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.07 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.05
GARDENING
42 Gardened. −0.03 −0.10 0.01 −0.06 −0.04 −0.04 −0.06 −0.08 −0.03 0.02 0.10 0.06 −0.01 0.03 0.17 0.01 0.00 0.04 −0.02
74 Did yard work. −0.06 −0.13 0.00 −0.05 −0.08 −0.02 −0.05 −0.07 0.01 −0.02 0.09 0.07 0.03 0.05 0.12 0.03 0.00 0.06 0.00
107 Planted or transplanted a plant. −0.02 −0.10 −0.06 −0.13 −0.07 −0.06 −0.06 −0.04 0.04 0.01 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.05 0.16 0.03 0.01 0.03 −0.01
171 Bought plants for a garden or yard. 0.02 −0.12 0.03 −0.04 −0.04 0.03 0.00 −0.11 0.03 −0.08 0.07 0.04 0.04 −0.01 0.09 −0.03 0.00 0.01 −0.02
SHOPPING
122 Ordered food to be delivered. 0.03 0.01 0.08 0.12 0.09 −0.01 0.07 −0.03 −0.07 −0.07 −0.01 −0.03 −0.03 −0.14 −0.02 −0.09 0.06 0.01 0.04
130 Purchased a musical album. 0.16 0.06 0.10 −0.01 −0.04 0.04 −0.06 −0.07 −0.14 −0.08 0.01 0.02 −0.03 −0.12 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.01 −0.01
162 Shopped in a music store. 0.18 0.02 0.12 0.02 −0.04 −0.01 −0.07 −0.13 −0.12 −0.06 −0.02 −0.03 −0.03 −0.06 0.05 0.02 0.12 0.05 0.02
179 Shopped on the web. 0.16 0.08 0.03 −0.02 0.11 0.00 0.06 −0.03 −0.08 0.01 0.00 −0.02 −0.15 −0.13 −0.02 −0.03 0.04 0.02 0.01
189 Examined the clothing categories on eBay. 0.03 0.02 0.12 0.08 0.16 −0.02 0.12 0.09 −0.04 0.01 −0.01 −0.10 −0.11 −0.14 −0.03 −0.09 −0.01 −0.05 −0.08
206 Used eBay to buy or sell something. 0.13 0.08 0.06 0.03 0.15 0.00 0.08 −0.01 −0.07 −0.03 −0.03 −0.05 −0.15 −0.13 −0.01 −0.06 0.03 −0.02 0.02
BEING ALONE
49 Went to the movies alone. 0.11 0.05 0.08 0.00 −0.06 0.02 −0.05 −0.15 0.00 −0.05 −0.06 −0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 −0.01 0.09 −0.02 0.04
88 Went to a concert or theater alone. 0.20 −0.02 0.12 −0.04 −0.14 0.03 −0.07 −0.12 −0.10 −0.05 0.00 −0.01 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.09 −0.02 −0.02
DRINKING ALCOHOL
62 Drank whiskey, vodka, gin, or other hard liquor. −0.03 0.02 0.12 0.18 0.15 0.09 0.19 0.05 −0.02 −0.10 −0.05 −0.15 −0.13 −0.11 −0.08 −0.12 −0.03 −0.02 −0.06
92 Drank in a bar or night club. 0.04 0.07 0.17 0.20 0.08 0.12 0.16 −0.02 −0.05 −0.07 −0.09 −0.15 −0.16 −0.14 −0.05 −0.11 0.00 −0.04 −0.05
125 Became intoxicated. 0.04 0.08 0.21 0.26 0.13 0.14 0.19 0.00 −0.08 −0.11 −0.11 −0.19 −0.17 −0.15 −0.04 −0.16 −0.02 −0.05 −0.14
157 Had a hangover. −0.04 0.05 0.18 0.22 0.12 0.13 0.17 0.03 −0.04 −0.11 −0.08 −0.12 −0.14 −0.12 0.00 −0.12 −0.05 −0.11 −0.16
187 Drank alcohol during working hours. 0.04 0.01 0.11 0.10 0.01 0.04 0.07 0.03 0.01 0.01 −0.09 −0.15 −0.06 −0.05 0.00 −0.02 0.01 −0.04 −0.07
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
6 Went running or jogging. 0.07 0.01 0.13 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.05 −0.08 −0.14 −0.02 0.10 0.00 −0.09 −0.07 0.07 −0.08 −0.05 −0.09 −0.05
173 Went boating or rafting. 0.21 0.05 0.12 0.04 0.03 0.03 −0.03 0.00 −0.14 −0.01 −0.04 −0.06 −0.07 −0.09 −0.02 −0.05 0.04 0.00 0.01
196 Participated in an exercise program. 0.09 0.05 0.14 0.02 0.04 0.02 −0.01 −0.03 −0.08 −0.03 0.05 −0.01 −0.16 −0.04 0.08 −0.06 0.01 −0.10 −0.04
SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING
7 Attended a public lecture. 0.24 −0.03 0.08 −0.11 0.03 0.00 −0.02 −0.10 −0.14 0.05 0.11 −0.03 0.01 −0.07 0.03 0.01 0.00 −0.07 −0.07
40 Visited an art exhibition. 0.28 0.07 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.03 −0.06 −0.07 −0.14 −0.03 −0.06 −0.06 −0.07 −0.10 0.10 −0.05 0.08 0.02 0.02
72 Visited a museum. 0.22 0.03 0.00 −0.08 −0.07 −0.04 −0.12 −0.01 −0.12 0.04 0.05 0.01 −0.02 −0.08 0.12 0.02 0.12 0.01 −0.01
101 Looked something up in an encyclopedia. 0.12 0.00 0.00 −0.11 −0.01 −0.04 −0.13 0.04 −0.10 0.15 0.10 0.05 −0.01 −0.04 −0.01 0.06 0.03 −0.01 0.02
113 Read a book. 0.30 0.09 0.02 −0.05 −0.01 −0.05 −0.11 −0.04 −0.05 0.04 0.05 −0.03 −0.09 −0.09 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.06 0.08
128 Studied some subject. 0.29 0.07 −0.01 −0.07 0.05 −0.06 −0.08 0.00 −0.08 0.08 0.04 0.00 −0.11 −0.11 −0.01 0.05 0.05 0.04 −0.01
145 Read poetry. 0.23 0.08 −0.01 −0.10 −0.07 −0.05 −0.20 −0.08 −0.20 0.06 0.02 0.04 −0.05 −0.05 0.19 0.08 0.11 0.06 0.04
160 Learned a new skill. 0.25 0.05 0.09 −0.02 0.09 0.00 −0.04 −0.03 −0.08 −0.01 −0.05 −0.04 −0.05 −0.07 −0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 −0.07
176 Bought a book. 0.32 0.06 −0.04 −0.11 −0.06 −0.04 −0.11 −0.08 −0.03 0.05 0.05 0.01 −0.08 −0.09 0.03 0.04 0.14 0.02 0.06
197 Read a book about some artistic topic. 0.29 0.06 0.13 −0.04 0.01 0.00 −0.09 −0.10 −0.09 0.00 −0.02 −0.06 −0.09 −0.12 0.11 −0.04 0.09 −0.01 −0.01
CREATIVE HOBBY
50 Produced a work of art. 0.20 0.06 0.06 −0.03 0.06 0.02 −0.08 −0.05 −0.04 0.01 −0.05 −0.04 −0.08 −0.10 0.13 −0.04 −0.03 0.04 −0.02
82 Wrote poetry. 0.24 0.08 0.04 −0.04 −0.03 0.00 −0.12 −0.08 −0.14 −0.03 −0.04 −0.04 −0.07 −0.06 0.14 0.02 0.03 0.12 0.06
178 Played a musical instrument. 0.24 0.04 0.08 −0.08 −0.01 −0.03 −0.14 −0.08 −0.12 0.02 0.04 −0.02 −0.01 −0.10 0.05 0.01 0.06 0.07 0.05
200 Sang or played an instrument in public. 0.16 0.03 0.02 −0.06 −0.08 0.01 −0.18 −0.11 −0.17 0.03 0.11 0.03 −0.02 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.08 0.09 0.08
PLAYING GAMES
54 Worked on a jigsaw puzzle. −0.03 −0.08 −0.03 −0.05 −0.13 −0.02 −0.05 −0.02 0.04 0.06 0.10 0.14 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.00 −0.03 −0.06
69 Gambled with cards or dice. −0.02 −0.05 0.11 0.09 0.03 0.07 0.08 0.00 −0.04 −0.04 −0.03 −0.16 −0.01 0.00 0.00 −0.09 0.00 0.00 −0.07
134 Gambled on a slot machine or video poker game. −0.05 −0.07 0.15 0.14 0.10 0.10 0.13 −0.01 −0.06 −0.11 −0.08 −0.10 0.03 −0.10 −0.01 −0.13 0.03 −0.05 −0.06
166 Went to a casino. −0.04 −0.06 0.10 0.10 0.02 0.12 0.13 0.01 0.00 −0.07 −0.06 −0.07 0.03 −0.06 0.00 −0.05 −0.05 −0.12 −0.11
198 Bet money on a sports event. −0.03 −0.01 0.17 0.11 0.03 0.08 0.08 −0.05 0.00 −0.06 −0.02 −0.06 −0.04 −0.03 −0.04 −0.11 −0.01 −0.06 −0.08
HOBBY
127 Read a fashion-related book. −0.04 −0.13 0.12 0.04 0.06 0.02 0.09 −0.02 0.02 −0.11 0.02 0.01 0.09 −0.05 0.05 −0.05 −0.01 −0.15 −0.15
194 Went fishing or hunting. 0.00 −0.06 0.03 −0.02 −0.06 0.00 −0.04 −0.05 −0.03 0.00 0.02 0.02 −0.01 0.02 0.14 0.02 −0.01 −0.03 −0.02
MUSIC
207 Used an mp3 player or Ipod. 0.21 0.14 0.15 0.12 0.08 0.07 0.02 −0.03 −0.14 −0.08 −0.06 −0.07 −0.15 −0.20 −0.07 −0.07 0.11 −0.02 0.01
USING INTERNET (BESIDES COMMUNICATION)
60 Surfed the Internet. 0.07 0.07 −0.06 −0.03 0.06 −0.09 −0.03 0.07 −0.03 0.02 0.00 −0.01 −0.05 −0.03 −0.03 0.00 0.07 0.10 0.05
65 Downloaded music from the Internet. 0.08 0.04 0.18 0.13 0.16 0.04 0.08 −0.01 −0.13 −0.12 −0.07 −0.13 −0.09 −0.08 −0.12 −0.06 0.04 0.02 0.02
75 Made an entry on a personal web-page. 0.09 0.01 0.09 0.01 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.00 −0.06 −0.05 −0.02 0.00 −0.08 −0.15 0.00 −0.07 0.04 −0.01 0.01
SOCIAL INTERACTION
4 Discussed sports. 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.02 −0.04 −0.08 −0.03 −0.11 −0.04 0.07 0.08 0.01 −0.06 −0.03 0.05 0.00 0.03 0.04 0.02
10 Used a computer for social networking. 0.00 −0.04 0.14 0.13 0.02 0.10 0.12 −0.02 −0.02 −0.12 −0.10 −0.06 0.00 −0.10 0.00 −0.02 0.06 −0.12 −0.14
97 Traded music with a friend. 0.06 0.04 0.19 0.17 0.10 0.06 0.05 −0.08 −0.16 −0.13 −0.07 −0.13 −0.05 −0.13 −0.04 −0.06 0.10 −0.01 0.02
108 Participated in an online discussion group. 0.13 −0.02 0.16 0.07 0.06 0.08 0.02 −0.05 −0.11 −0.02 −0.02 −0.08 −0.09 −0.15 −0.05 −0.04 0.11 −0.03 −0.01
DATING AND PARTYING
53 Went on a date. 0.04 0.05 0.09 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.03 0.01 −0.06 −0.02 −0.03 −0.07 −0.15 −0.09 −0.06 −0.01 −0.04 −0.03
78 Went to a large party. 0.02 0.07 0.17 0.17 0.12 0.09 0.15 −0.03 −0.09 −0.08 −0.02 −0.16 −0.13 −0.14 −0.08 −0.11 0.00 −0.04 −0.02
202 Had a blind date. 0.01 0.01 0.09 0.11 −0.01 0.04 0.08 0.02 −0.07 −0.14 −0.08 −0.10 0.01 −0.04 −0.04 0.01 0.12 −0.04 −0.03
TRANSPORTATION
22 Used public transportation. 0.11 0.01 −0.02 −0.03 −0.07 −0.09 −0.11 0.00 −0.01 0.04 0.02 −0.06 −0.03 0.01 0.05 0.07 0.07 0.11 0.12
59 Rode a motorcycle. −0.08 −0.03 0.12 0.03 0.07 0.10 0.11 0.03 −0.06 −0.06 0.00 −0.02 −0.04 −0.05 0.02 −0.06 −0.08 −0.04 −0.12
138 Traveled by train or plane. 0.17 0.01 0.03 −0.07 −0.01 0.00 −0.06 −0.12 −0.08 0.00 0.05 0.02 −0.04 −0.05 0.03 −0.01 0.07 0.02 0.08
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
2 Discussed religion or spirituality. 0.12 −0.03 −0.13 −0.16 −0.17 −0.11 −0.17 −0.13 −0.02 0.17 0.19 0.09 0.05 0.02 0.10 0.12 0.03 0.05 0.08
33 Prayed (not including blessings at meals). −0.05 −0.14 −0.16 −0.22 −0.09 −0.10 −0.13 −0.08 0.04 0.14 0.34 0.13 0.13 0.08 0.02 0.13 −0.03 0.01 0.03
66 Read the Bible or other sacred text. 0.10 −0.05 −0.16 −0.25 −0.17 −0.10 −0.28 −0.09 −0.07 0.17 0.32 0.10 0.10 0.07 0.07 0.18 0.01 0.09 0.10
98 Gave a blessing at a meal. 0.04 −0.17 −0.14 −0.20 −0.16 −0.10 −0.23 −0.14 −0.09 0.14 0.36 0.13 0.18 0.11 0.04 0.18 −0.01 0.07 0.08
131 Attended a church or religious service. −0.04 −0.12 −0.13 −0.20 −0.08 −0.08 −0.16 −0.05 −0.03 0.15 0.33 0.11 0.08 0.10 −0.04 0.12 −0.03 0.06 0.08
163 Listened to a religious program on the radio or TV. 0.07 −0.17 −0.13 −0.25 −0.21 −0.04 −0.23 −0.13 −0.10 0.19 0.37 0.10 0.16 0.15 0.08 0.13 0.01 −0.03 0.01
193 Read a book about religion or spirituality. 0.18 0.01 −0.12 −0.24 −0.15 −0.01 −0.22 −0.17 −0.08 0.14 0.27 0.05 0.07 0.04 0.08 0.11 0.03 0.00 0.04
SUPPORTING OTHERS
83 Donated money to charity. 0.06 −0.07 −0.07 −0.12 −0.10 −0.02 −0.06 −0.05 −0.06 0.13 0.13 0.07 −0.02 0.02 0.10 0.05 −0.01 −0.01 −0.01
144 Volunteered for a club or organization. 0.09 −0.10 −0.01 −0.13 −0.08 0.01 −0.10 −0.10 −0.14 −0.01 0.08 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.11 0.07 0.09 0.04 0.01
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES
55 Composted food scraps or yard waste. 0.10 −0.03 −0.07 −0.12 −0.15 −0.11 −0.17 −0.07 −0.03 0.04 0.06 0.10 0.05 0.06 0.21 0.00 0.11 0.07 0.02
120 Changed a habit to have less impact on the environment. 0.06 −0.10 −0.01 −0.08 −0.08 −0.05 −0.09 −0.10 0.04 0.07 0.07 0.06 −0.03 −0.01 0.25 0.04 0.04 −0.05 −0.07
152 Used both sides of a piece of paper before discarding it. 0.13 −0.01 −0.10 −0.16 −0.04 −0.11 −0.18 0.01 0.00 0.13 0.07 0.06 −0.02 0.00 0.10 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.03
192 Picked up litter. 0.06 −0.05 −0.01 −0.08 −0.09 −0.08 −0.18 −0.09 −0.05 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.04 0.02 0.10 0.13 0.12 0.05 0.01
FINANCE/INVESTMENT
16 Obtained stock market prices. 0.09 −0.03 0.12 0.03 0.00 0.13 0.06 0.00 0.01 −0.07 −0.07 −0.03 −0.08 0.00 −0.01 −0.06 −0.01 −0.10 −0.10
56 Read a book on a financial topic. 0.11 −0.02 0.08 −0.05 0.04 0.08 0.05 −0.05 −0.02 −0.06 0.03 0.05 −0.07 −0.04 0.03 −0.09 0.01 −0.10 −0.14
81 Bought or sold stocks or bonds. 0.09 −0.07 0.05 −0.05 0.00 0.12 0.05 0.03 0.03 −0.01 −0.03 −0.02 −0.06 −0.01 0.03 −0.06 0.00 −0.10 −0.15
116 Donated money to a political campaign or cause. 0.02 −0.16 0.10 −0.04 −0.03 0.11 0.09 0.03 0.01 −0.05 0.03 −0.04 0.00 0.00 0.05 −0.02 −0.04 −0.10 −0.15
146 Purchased a commodity as an investment. 0.09 −0.03 0.04 −0.04 0.01 0.06 0.04 −0.01 0.04 0.02 0.01 −0.03 −0.06 −0.04 0.07 −0.07 −0.01 −0.06 −0.15
OTHER
12 Made an entry in a diary or journal. 0.22 0.01 0.02 −0.04 0.00 −0.02 −0.06 −0.03 −0.06 0.01 −0.04 −0.01 −0.05 −0.05 0.01 0.06 0.12 0.00 −0.02
17 Tried something completely new. 0.16 0.05 0.17 0.09 0.07 0.05 −0.01 0.01 −0.09 −0.05 −0.11 −0.07 −0.10 −0.08 0.03 −0.07 0.02 −0.03 −0.06
95 Bought a self-help book. 0.01 −0.11 0.08 0.05 0.05 0.02 0.08 0.01 0.00 −0.04 0.03 0.03 0.01 −0.01 0.01 −0.08 −0.06 −0.10 −0.12
110 Wrote a thank-you note. 0.15 −0.09 0.00 −0.08 −0.08 −0.01 −0.13 −0.11 −0.05 0.00 0.15 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.07 0.00 0.02
174 Worked on a scrap book. 0.06 −0.04 0.01 −0.01 −0.07 −0.02 −0.07 0.00 −0.05 −0.05 0.18 0.03 0.04 −0.05 −0.03 −0.02 0.03 0.01 0.06
177 Worked on a retirement plan. 0.04 −0.05 −0.04 −0.09 −0.03 0.08 0.00 −0.02 0.07 −0.01 0.04 0.14 −0.06 0.04 0.02 −0.08 −0.06 −0.05 −0.04
180 Participated in an animal show. −0.01 −0.09 0.05 −0.02 −0.02 0.03 0.00 −0.05 0.01 −0.01 0.03 −0.02 0.01 0.02 0.13 −0.02 −0.02 −0.08 −0.08
188 Attended a town meeting. 0.02 −0.09 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.03 −0.05 −0.01 −0.01 0.04 −0.03 −0.02 −0.03 0.02 −0.03 0.02 −0.08 −0.09
Aggregated ten highest behavioral correlates 0.45 0.29 0.33 0.37 0.34 0.32 0.37 0.25 0.28 0.27 0.45 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.34 0.27 0.25 0.31 0.32

SDT, self-direction-thought; SDA, self-direction-action; ST, stimulation; HE, hedonism; AC, achievement; POD, power-dominance; POR, power-resources; FAC, face; SEP, security-personal; SES, security-societal; TR, tradition; COR, conformity-rules; COI, conformity-interpersonal; HU, humility; UNN, universalism-nature; UNC, universalism-concern; UNT, universalism-tolerance; BED, benevolence-dependability; BEC, benevolence-caring.

The 10 highest correlates for each value are in bold. To calculate aggregate correlations we reversed the highest correlates with a negative sign.

N = 703. All coefficients > |0.07| are significant at p < 0.05. All coefficients > |0.10| are significant at p < 0.01. All coefficients > |0.12| are significant at p < 0.001.