Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the BFI for the complete sample, for the sample split by gender and the results of multifactorial ANCOVAs (effects of gender as independent variable).

	Complete sample (N = 3,835)		Males (n = 2,366)		Females (n = 1,469)		Results ANCOVAs
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	F(1, 3830)	p	ηp2
Extraversion	3.31	0.77	3.23	0.77	3.44	0.76	60.31	<0.001	0.016
Assertiveness	3.25	0.87	3.17	0.87	3.38	0.86	50.86	<0.001	0.013
Activity	3.45	0.80	3.38	0.80	3.57	0.78	44.97	<0.001	0.012
Agreeableness	3.47	0.55	3.42	0.54	3.54	0.56	42.18	<0.001	0.011
Altruism	3.49	0.64	3.41	0.62	3.62	0.64	83.32	<0.001	0.021
Compliance	3.47	0.70	3.47	0.68	3.49	0.72	2.30	0.130	0.001
Conscientiousness	3.40	0.64	3.33	0.64	3.51	0.63	84.48	<0.001	0.022
Order	3.09	1.01	3.01	1.00	3.21	1.02	43.37	<0.001	0.011
Self-discipline	3.38	0.65	3.32	0.64	3.47	0.65	62.65	<0.001	0.016
Neuroticism	2.84	0.76	2.72	0.74	3.05	0.75	111.01	<0.001	0.028
Anxiety	2.92	0.85	2.77	0.82	3.18	0.83	141.76	<0.001	0.036
Depression	2.69	0.95	2.62	0.95	2.81	0.94	21.03	<0.001	0.005
Openness	3.65	0.60	3.63	0.60	3.69	0.60	11.97	<0.001	0.003
Aesthetics	3.52	1.00	3.39	1.00	3.72	0.95	101.04	<0.001	0.026
Ideas	3.71	0.58	3.74	0.58	3.65	0.58	18.58	<0.001	0.005

Note. Scales assessing the broad Big Five factors are bolded. η_p² = partial eta squared.