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. 2020 Jul 31;11:1827. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01827

TABLE 4.

Unstandardized regression coefficients for the number of acceptances for VET positions within 1 year after graduation regressed on the Big Five and the covariates.

Model I
II
III
IV
b CI95% p b CI95% p b CI95% p b CI95% p
C 0.109 [0.002, 0.217] 0.047 0.129 [0.019, 0.239] 0.022 0.127 [0.017, 0.237] 0.024 0.130 [0.020, 0.240] 0.021
ES 0.052 [−0.057, 0.162] 0.350 0.022 [−0.091, 0.135] 0.705 0.020 [−0.093, 0.133] 0.724 0.020 [−0.094, 0.133] 0.735
O –0.012 [−0.111, 0.086] 0.805 0.006 [−0.095, 0.106] 0.913 0.010 [−0.091, 0.111] 0.844 0.002 [−0.098, 0.103] 0.962
E 0.045 [−0.060, 0.151] 0.401 0.055 [−0.052, 0.161] 0.314 0.049 [−0.058, 0.155] 0.372 0.054 [−0.053, 0.160] 0.321
A 0.058 [−0.081, 0.197] 0.413 0.072 [−0.068, 0.212] 0.311 0.068 [−0.071, 0.208] 0.338 0.067 [−0.073, 0.206] 0.351
Cognitive ability 0.001 [−0.034, 0.037] 0.950 0.001 [−0.034, 0.037] 0.936 0.001 [−0.034, 0.037] 0.948
Parental SES 0.000 [−0.005, 0.005] 0.911 0.000 [−0.005, 0.006] 0.863 0.000 [−0.005, 0.005] 0.885
Gender −0.215 [−0.408, −0.022] 0.029 −0.220 [−0.413, −0.027] 0.026 −0.210 [−0.403, −0.017] 0.033
Migration background –0.043 [−0.375, 0.289] 0.799 –0.038 [−0.370, 0.294] 0.822 –0.040 [−0.372, 0.292] 0.815
Cognitive ability × C 0.020 [−0.023, 0.063] 0.364
Cognitive ability × ES 0.001 [−0.042, 0.044] 0.955
Cognitive ability × E 0.013 [−0.028, 0.055] 0.530
Cognitive ability × O –0.033 [−0.072, 0.006] 0.098
Cognitive ability × A −0.056 [−0.112, −0.001] 0.048
SES × C −0.006 [−0.012, −0.000] 0.049
SES × ES –0.002 [−0.008, 0.004] 0.472
SES × O 0.006 [0.000, 0.011] 0.037
SES × E 0.004 [−0.002, 0.010] 0.208
SES × A 0.001 [−0.007, 0.009] 0.807
R2 0.003 0.162 0.005 0.169 0.008 0.089 0.009 0.073

Model I: Big Five only; Model II: Big Five and covariates; Model III: Big Five, covariates, and interaction terms between the Big Five and cognitive ability; Model IV: Big Five, covariates, and interaction terms between the Big Five and parental SES. C: Conscientiousness; ES: Emotional Stability; O: Openness; E: Extraversion: A: Agreeableness. N = 2,606. Coefficients and R2 significant at the p < 0.05 level are in bold type.