Table 4.

Regression models predicting the NSI scales by age, gender, the ANPS, and the BFI scales.

	Physiological needs			Safety and Security			Belonging			Esteem			Self-actualization
	β	T	p	β	T	p	β	T	p	β	T	p	β	T	p
Intercept		11.90	<.001		13.21	<.001		4.25	<.001		10.58	<.001		2.87	.004
Age	-.007	-0.22	.826	.082	3.07	.002	.021	0.63	.529	.128	5.22	<.001	.033	1.17	.242
Gender	-.022	-0.74	.461	-.026	-1.00	.315	.058	1.85	.065	-.015	-0.63	.530	-.011	-0.40	.687
SEEKING	.097	2.86	.004	.046	1.56	.119	-.046	-1.28	.200	.081	3.02	.003	.166	5.30	<.001
FEAR	-.239	-4.98	<.001	-.393	-9.46	<.001	-.055	-1.07	.284	-.266	-6.98	<.001	-.121	-2.73	.006
CARE	-.002	-0.05	.960	-.020	-0.71	.481	.107	3.03	.003	.031	1.18	.237	.106	3.45	<.001
ANGER	-.032	-0.91	.365	.062	1.99	.047	.050	1.32	.189	.027	0.94	.349	.035	1.06	.289
PLAY	.158	4.28	<.001	.163	5.08	<.001	.180	4.56	<.001	.056	1.92	.055	.019	0.56	.577
SADNESS	-.179	-4.11	<.001	-.170	-4.51	<.001	-.192	-4.14	<.001	-.131	-3.79	<.001	-.109	-2.71	.007
Extraversion	-.011	-0.31	.759	-.059	-1.99	.047	.174	4.73	<.001	.201	7.35	<.001	.159	4.99	<.001
Agreeableness	.008	0.23	.821	.085	2.77	.006	.193	5.11	<.001	.031	1.09	.276	.074	2.27	.024
Conscientiousness	.144	4.89	<.001	.207	8.11	<.001	.117	3.73	<.001	.177	7.60	<.001	.314	11.51	<.001
Neuroticism	-.084	-1.84	.066	-.062	-1.57	.117	.010	0.21	.834	-.176	-4.90	<.001	-.107	-2.56	.011
Openness	-.046	-1.43	.152	-.032	-1.17	.242	-.027	-0.79	.432	.008	0.32	.746	.023	0.78	.435

Note. Gender was dummy-coded (0 = males, 1 = females).