Table 3.

Multiple regression to test the relative contribution of demographic and personality variables on stress, anxiety, loneliness and creativity measures

	95% Confidence Interval		Standardized coefficient	t	η2
	Lower bound	Upper bound	beta
Stress					.13
Gender	−0.92	0.12	−0.07	−1.50
Pref. for solitude	−0.54	−0.07	−0.13	−2.55**
Extraversion	−0.35	0.14	−0.04	−0.83
Emotional stability	−0.96	−0.51	−0.31	−6.46***
Openness	−0.33	0.11	−0.04	−1.01
Anxiety					.30
Gender	−4.77	0.75	−0.06	−1.43
Pref. for solitude	−2.85	−0.32	−0.11	−2.47**
Extraversion	−1.73	0.86	−0.03	−0.66
Emotional stability	−7.89	−5.51	−0.48	−11.08***
Openness	−1.02	1.31	0.01	0.24
Loneliness					.17
Gender	−0.22	0.57	0.04	0.85
Pref. for solitude	−0.79	−0.42	−0.32	−6.57***
Extraversion	−0.26	0.11	−0.04	−0.82
Emotional stability	−0.72	−0.38	−0.29	−6.29***
Openness	−0.13	0.21	0.02	0.48
Fluency					.04
Gender	−1.17	0.04	−0.09	−1.83
Pref. for solitude	−0.13	0.43	0.06	1.06
Extraversion	−0.30	0.27	−0.00	−0.11
Emotional stability	−0.51	0.01	−0.09	−1.86
Openness	0.03	0.54	0.11	2.19*
Perf. Insight Problems					.005
Gender	−0.26	0.28	0.00	0.08
Pref. for solitude	−0.07	0.17	0.04	0.79
Extraversion	−0.14	0.11	−0.02	−0.28
Emotional stability	−0.06	0.17	0.05	0.89
Openness	−0.09	0.13	0.02	0.32
Perf. Insight RAT					.03
Gender	−0.35	0.12	−0.05	−0.95
Pref. for solitude	0.02	0.24	0.13	2.39*
Extraversion	−0.11	0.12	0.00	0.09
Emotional stability	−0.00	0.20	0.10	1.92
Openness	−0.15	0.05	−0.05	−0.98

Gender was added to the model as a first step (Model 1), and preference for solitude and personality dimensions were introduced in a second step (Model 2). Since gender introduced earlier was not significant, the final model considered is the full model

*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .0001