TABLE 9.
Unstandardized regression coefficients for satisfaction with VET after 1 year in a VET position regressed on the Big Five and the covariates.
| Model | I |
II |
III |
IV |
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| b | CI95% | p | b | CI95% | p | b | CI95% | p | b | CI95% | p | |
| C | 0.129 | [0.038, 0.221] | 0.006 | 0.152 | [0.060, 0.245] | 0.001 | 0.154 | [0.061, 0.246] | 0.001 | 0.155 | [0.061, 0.248] | 0.001 |
| ES | 0.107 | [0.014, 0.201] | 0.024 | 0.076 | [−0.020, 0.172] | 0.122 | 0.078 | [−0.018, 0.174] | 0.110 | 0.077 | [−0.020, 0.173] | 0.119 |
| O | –0.080 | [−0.163, 0.002] | 0.056 | –0.066 | [−0.150, 0.018] | 0.123 | –0.073 | [−0.157, 0.011] | 0.090 | –0.063 | [−0.148, 0.021] | 0.142 |
| E | –0.014 | [−0.103, 0.076] | 0.761 | –0.004 | [−0.094, 0.086] | 0.937 | –0.016 | [−0.106, 0.075] | 0.732 | –0.002 | [−0.092, 0.088] | 0.964 |
| A | 0.046 | [−0.074, 0.165] | 0.455 | 0.061 | [−0.058, 0.181] | 0.315 | 0.070 | [−0.050, 0.190] | 0.250 | 0.058 | [−0.063, 0.179] | 0.348 |
| Cognitive ability | 0.017 | [−0.013, 0.048] | 0.255 | 0.019 | [−0.011, 0.049] | 0.211 | 0.018 | [−0.012, 0.048] | 0.248 | |||
| Parental SES | –0.000 | [−0.005, 0.004] | 0.832 | –0.000 | [−0.005, 0.004] | 0.914 | –0.001 | [−0.005, 0.004] | 0.797 | |||
| Gender | −0.181 | [−0.345, −0.017] | 0.031 | −0.174 | [−0.338, −0.010] | 0.037 | −0.180 | [−0.344, −0.015] | 0.032 | |||
| Migration background | –0.316 | [−0.676, 0.043] | 0.084 | –0.298 | [−0.657, 0.060] | 0.103 | –0.319 | [−0.679, 0.041] | 0.082 | |||
| Cognitive ability × C | 0.014 | [−0.022, 0.050] | 0.450 | |||||||||
| Cognitive ability × ES | –0.013 | [−0.049, 0.023] | 0.466 | |||||||||
| Cognitive ability × E | 0.031 | [−0.003, 0.066] | 0.075 | |||||||||
| Cognitive ability × O | 0.019 | [−0.013, 0.051] | 0.251 | |||||||||
| Cognitive ability × A | −0.068 | [−0.116, −0.020] | 0.005 | |||||||||
| SES × C | –0.000 | [−0.005, 0.005] | 0.951 | |||||||||
| SES × ES | –0.000 | [−0.006, 0.005] | 0.916 | |||||||||
| SES × O | –0.003 | [−0.008, 0.002] | 0.237 | |||||||||
| SES × E | –0.001 | [−0.006, 0.004] | 0.673 | |||||||||
| SES × A | 0.002 | [−0.004, 0.009] | 0.498 | |||||||||
| R2 | 0.011 | 0.004 | 0.018 | 0.001 | 0.026 | 0.000 | 0.019 | 0.011 | ||||
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 = 1,528. Coefficients and R2 significant at the p < 0.05 level are in bold type.