TABLE 2.

Correlating motives with age and Big Five trait scores.

		Virtual community	Companionship	Exhibitionism	Relationship maintenance	Passing time
Neuroticism	Correlation Coefficient	0.14	0.29**	0.21**	–0.04	0.223**
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.05	0.00	0.004	0.61	0.002
	Power	0.49	0.98	0.83	0.08	0.87
	N	189	189	189	189	189
Extraversion	Correlation coefficient	–0.04	–0.13	0.10	0.20**	0.02
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.58	0.080	0.17	0.01	0.78
	Power	–0.04	0.43	0.28	0.79	0.06
	N	189	189	189	189	189
Openness	Correlation coefficient	–0.02	0.09	0.09	0.18*	0.24**
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.77	0.23	0.21	0.01	0.001
	Power	0.06	0.23	0.23	0.70	0.92
	N	189	189	189	189	189
Agreeableness	Correlation coefficient	–0.14	–0.05	–0.27**	0.13	0.002
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.05	0.52	0.00	0.08	0.98
	Power	0.49	0.10	0.97	0.43	0.05
	N	189	189	189	189	189
Conscientiousness	Correlation coefficient	–0.24**	–0.25**	–0.24**	0.15*	–0.19*
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.04	0.008
	Power	0.92	0.94	0.92	0.54	0.75
	N	189	189	189	189	189
Age	Correlation coefficient	–0.18*	–0.29**	–0.20**	0.07	–0.39**
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.016	0.00	0.01	0.36	0.00
	Power	0.70	0.98	0.79	0.15	0.99
	N	189	189	189	189	189

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed). *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).