TABLE 1.
Personality traits (NEO-FFI) and the level of physical activity (IPAQ) among Polish and Spanish physical education (PE) students (means, SDs, and analysis of differences tests).
All |
Country |
p-value | |||||
Mean |
SD |
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Mean | SD | P | S | P | S | ||
Neuroticism | 33.34 | 6.26 | 32.58 | 33.93 | 8.57 | 3.43 | 0.029 |
Extraversion | 40.47 | 5.71 | 43.34 | 38.23 | 6.04 | 4.26 | <0.001 |
Openness | 37.15 | 4.36 | 36.92 | 37.34 | 5.48 | 3.22 | 0.323 |
Agreeableness | 39.69 | 4.58 | 39.84 | 39.58 | 5.52 | 3.68 | 0.534 |
Conscientiousness | 37.89 | 7.11 | 43.79 | 33.28 | 6.46 | 2.98 | <0.001 |
IPAQ vigorous | 4,036.51 | 5,461.66 | 4,809.27 | 3,506.36 | 7,983.94 | 2,455.10 | 0.037 |
IPAQ moderate | 1,908.93 | 2,333.63 | 2,367.80 | 1,591.39 | 2,974.52 | 1,694.61 | 0.003 |
IPAQ walking | 2,917.82 | 3,484.79 | 4,273.59 | 1,916.46 | 4,309.67 | 2,254.44 | <0.001 |
IPAQ sitting | 266.69 | 150.55 | 249.72 | 278.05 | 146.80 | 152.26 | 0.065 |
IPAQ total | 8,697.21 | 8,285.49 | 11,376.87 | 6,871.93 | 11,510.16 | 4,163.82 | <0.001 |
SD, standard deviation; P, Poland; S, Spain.