Table 4.
Hierarchical Regression of BMI on Self- and Informant-Reports of Personality.
| Self-Report | Informant-Report | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personality Trait | R2 | ΔR2 | b | b LL | b UL | β | b | b LL | bUL | β |
| Extraversion | .06 | .02 | 0.01 | −0.80 | 0.83 | .00 | −0.91 | −1.70 | −0.11 | −.16 |
| Pos. Temp. | .11 | .04 | −0.33 | −1.09 | 0.42 | −.06 | −1.35 | −2.11 | −0.58 | −.25 |
| Sociability | .04 | .01 | 0.03 | −0.72 | 0.78 | .01 | −0.66 | −1.40 | 0.08 | −.12 |
| Ascendance | .03 | .00 | 0.26 | −0.54 | 1.06 | .05 | 0.06 | −0.73 | 0.85 | .01 |
| Venturesome | .06 | .02 | −0.13 | −0.89 | 0.64 | −.02 | −0.82 | −1.57 | −0.07 | −.15 |
| Agreeableness | .04 | .01 | 0.20 | −0.54 | 0.95 | .04 | −0.46 | −1.19 | 0.27 | −.08 |
| Empathy | .05 | .01 | 0.15 | −0.54 | 0.85 | .03 | −0.69 | −1.38 | 0.00 | −.12 |
| Trust | .03 | .00 | 0.26 | −0.47 | 0.99 | .05 | −0.27 | −0.99 | 0.45 | −.05 |
| Straightforward | .03 | .00 | −0.08 | −0.81 | 0.64 | −.02 | −0.16 | −0.87 | 0.55 | −.03 |
| Conscientiousness | .09 | .04 | −0.08 | −0.85 | 0.69 | −.01 | −1.30 | −2.06 | −0.55 | −.24 |
| Self-Discipline | .10 | .05 | 0.01 | −0.74 | 0.76 | .00 | −1.44 | −2.18 | −0.70 | −.26 |
| Dutiful | .06 | .02 | −0.15 | −0.88 | 0.59 | −.03 | −0.94 | −1.68 | −0.21 | −.17 |
| Deliberation | .04 | .01 | 0.25 | −0.49 | 0.99 | .05 | −0.63 | −1.37 | 0.10 | −.11 |
| Achievement | .05 | .02 | 0.13 | −0.62 | 0.89 | .02 | −0.91 | −1.66 | −0.16 | −.16 |
| Orderly | .10 | .03 | −0.36 | −1.19 | 0.46 | −.07 | −1.17 | −1.99 | −0.35 | −.21 |
| Neuroticism | .04 | .00 | 0.14 | −0.69 | 0.97 | .02 | 0.30 | −0.53 | 1.13 | .05 |
| Depressive | .04 | .00 | 0.19 | −0.68 | 1.07 | .03 | 0.43 | −0.41 | 1.27 | .08 |
| Anxious | .03 | .00 | −0.01 | −0.81 | 0.79 | .00 | 0.12 | −0.67 | 0.92 | .02 |
| Anger Prone | .03 | .00 | 0.10 | −0.68 | 0.88 | .02 | 0.31 | −0.47 | 1.09 | .06 |
| Openness | .04 | .01 | 0.27 | −0.43 | 0.98 | .05 | −0.63 | −1.34 | 0.09 | −.11 |
| Curiosity | .03 | .00 | −0.01 | −0.71 | 0.68 | .00 | 0.00 | −0.69 | 0.70 | .00 |
| Aesthetics | .04 | .01 | 0.05 | −0.68 | 0.77 | .01 | −0.54 | −1.28 | 0.19 | −.10 |
| Creative | .06 | .02 | 0.57 | −0.11 | 1.24 | .10 | −0.92 | −1.60 | −0.24 | −.17 |
Note. Displaying Step 3 statistics. Step 1 consisted of sex and age covariates. Step 2 entered self-reports. Step 3 entered informant-reports. Bold = p < .01. LL = 95% confidence interval lower limit; UL = 95% confidence interval upper limit. Sex was a small predictor of BMI in Step 3 (median r = .17). Age was not significantly associated with BMI.