Table 2.
Correlations Between Big Five Personality Dimensions Measured in Childhood and Adulthood with RIASEC Coded Job Characteristics
| R | I | A | S | E | c | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood Personality | ||||||||||||
| Extraversion | .01 | −.02 | −.05 | −.02 | .02 | .00 | ||||||
| Agreeableness | −.02 | −.05 | .04 | .02 | .05 | .01 | ||||||
| Conscientiousness | −.22 | .10 | .11 | .17 | .10 | .17 | ||||||
| Neuroticism | .02 | −.04 | .02 | .03 | .02 | −.05 | ||||||
| Openness/Intellect | −.05 | .12 | .12 | .07 | .04 | −.08 | ||||||
| Adulthood Personality | ||||||||||||
| Extraversion | −.07 | −.07 | −.04 | −.03 | .01 | .02 | .11 | .10 | .08 | .08 | −.03 | −.02 |
| Agreeableness | −.11 | −.11 | −.05 | −.04 | .13 | .12 | .11 | .11 | −.01 | −.00 | .03 | .03 |
| Conscientiousness | −.05 | −.03 | .02 | .01 | .02 | .02 | .07 | .06 | .06 | .05 | .−00 | −.02 |
| Neuroticism | .06 | .06 | −.05 | −.06 | −.09 | −.09 | −.12 | −.12 | −.01 | −.00 | −.05 | −.04 |
| Openness/Intellect | −.06 | −.05 | .20 | .18 | .20 | .18 | .08 | .05 | .09 | .09 | −.15 | −.13 |
Note. n = 591 for Childhood; n = 449 for Adulthood.
R = Realistic, I = Investigative, A = Artistic, S = Social, E = Enterprising, C = Conventional, BFI = Big Five Inventory.
Effect sizes in bold are significant at the p < .05 level. Effects in italics are betas controlling for the effects of respective childhood Big Five traits.