Table 2.
Associations among personality dimensions and indicators of physical health across all participants (N = 435).
| Personality | Physical Health |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better health behaviors r (β) |
Better health history r (β) |
Better functional status r (β) |
Better reported physical symptoms r (β) |
Better perceived health r (β) |
Better physical health composite r (β) |
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| Conscientiousness | .19*** (.16**) | .08 (.05) | .13** (.09) | .16** (.13**) | .20*** (.17***) | .22*** (.18***) |
| Neuroticism | −.23*** (−.16**) | −.11* (−.17***) | −.20*** (−.14**) | −.29*** (−.28***) | −.22*** (−.20***) | −.31*** (−.29***) |
| Extraversion | .07 (.03) | .10* (.04) | −.01 (−.03) | .06 (.02) | .20*** (.15**) | .13** (.07) |
| Openness | .15** (.10*) | −.01 (−.09) | .06 (.01) | .10* (.00) | .11* (.02) | .11* (−.01) |
| Agreeableness | .02 (−.04) | .14** (.07) | .02 (.04) | .00 (−.09) | .07 (−.08) | .07 (−.05) |
| ΔR2 | .08*** | .22*** | .16*** | .10*** | .11*** | .13*** |
Findings show correlations with standardized betas in parentheses. Standardized betas control for the effects of other personality dimensions, as well as covariates that included age, education, marital status, gender, and race/ethnicity. The ΔR2 represents the combined contribution of the five personality dimensions beyond covariates. Logistic regression with the Nagelkerke approximated R2 was conducted for better health history and better functional status. Linear regression was conducted for better reported physical symptoms, better perceived health, and the better physical health composite.
*
p < .05, **p < .01, and ***p < .001.