Table 2.

Correlations among study variables

Variable		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Demographics
	1. Age	–
	2. Sex	−.06	–
	3. Education	.00	.09**	–
Wave 1
	4. Conscientiousness	.01	.15**	0.08*	–
	5. Extraversion	.09**	.08*	−.06*	.16**	–
	6. Neuroticism	−.22**	.09**	−.10**	−.20	−.12**	–
	7. Openness	.05	−.04	.18**	.23**	.45**	−.19**	–
	8. Agreeableness	.07*	.22**	−.11**	.27**	.51**	−.03	.37**	–
Wave 2
	9. Sense of Control	.05	−.06	.16**	.23**	.21**	−.29**	.26**	.10**	–
	10. Persistence	.08**	.08*	.03	.34**	.29**	−.15**	.33**	.28**	.41**	–
	11. Positive Reappraisal	.04	.13**	.01	.19**	.28**	−.23**	.30**	.25**	.40**	.57**	–
	12. Lowering Aspirations	.07*	.19**	−.11**	−.11**	−.08**	.18**	−.13**	.01	−.34**	−.08**	.00	–
	13. Lifetime Smoking	.09**	−.12**	−.17**	−.11**	.06	.09**	.10**	.03	.01	.00	.03	.01	–
	14. Alcohol	.06	−.15**	.14**	−.03	.00	.05	.07*	−.06*	.09**	.01	−.03	−.04	.17**	–
	15. Physical Activity	−.19**	−.07*	.19**	.03	−.02	.00	.07*	−.04	.15**	.06	.04	−.14**	−.03	.15**	–
	16. Perceptions of Activity	.19**	−.03	.07*	.21**	.20**	−.23**	.16**	.17**	.41**	.33**	.28**	−.14**	−.09**	.09**	.23**	–
Wave 3
	17. Pulse	.01	.12**	−.07*	−.06	.08*	.06	.03	.04	−.04	.00	.04	.04	.09**	−.08**	−.11**	−.12**	–
Inflam.	18. CRP	.04	.15**	−.12**	−.02	.10**	.04	.00	0.07*	−.01	.01	.03	.02	.04	−.07*	−.16**	−.13**	.26**	–
	19. IL-6	.22**	.03	−.07*	−.074*	0.06*	−.07*	.00	.02	−.05	−.04	.00	−.01	.10**	−.05	−.20**	−.15**	.20**	.49**	–
	20. Fibrinogen	.14**	.14**	−.10**	−.03	.05	−.05	−.02	.01	−.03	−.01	.04	.06*	.02	−.09**	−.12**	−.05	.15**	.51**	.41**	–
Gluc.	21. Glucose	.10**	−.19**	−.06*	−.12**	.09**	−.03	.04	.02	.02	−.05	−.03	−.03	.02	−.02	−.11**	−.08**	.12**	.12**	.12**	.06*	–
	22. Hemoglobin	.23**	−.05	−.04	−.04	.12**	−.06*	.06*	.07*	.01	.00	.02	.01	.02	−.12**	−.14**	−.06	.16**	.17**	.18**	.17**	.65**	–
	23. Insulin Resistance	−.01	−.17**	−.11**	−.11**	.07*	.02	.00	.01	−.02	−.05	−.04	-.06	.03	−.11**	−.13**	−.18**	.17**	.30**	.27**	.19**	.56**	.37**	–
Lipids	24. Waist-to-hip Ratio	.16**	−.66**	−.05	−.18**	−.01	−.06*	.05	−.10**	−.01	−.07*	−.08**	−.09**	.17**	.09**	−.04	−.07*	.07*	.10**	.18**	.03	.31**	.22**	.41**	–
	25. HDL	.05	.41**	.07*	.14**	.04	−.04	−.02	.07*	.08**	.05	.07*	.08**	−.04	.18**	.07*	.16**	−.12**	−.16**	−.18**	−.01	−.21**	−.15**	−.42**	−.46**	–
	26. Triglycerides	−.01	−.22**	−.13**	−.10**	.04	.07*	.04	−.02	−.08*	−.04	−.04	−.02	.04	−.05	−.08**	.16**	.15**	.23**	.18**	.05	.29**	.17**	.51	.37**	−.53**	–

N = 1,054; Persistence = persistence in goal striving.

Gluc. glucose; HDL high-density lipoprotein; Inflam. inflammation; IL-6 interleukin 6.

*p < .05, **p < .01.