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Table 2 Correlations between personality and daily WhatsApp usage in minutes for the complete sample and the subsamples consisting of only males and females (all two sided tests)

From: Smartphone usage in the 21st century: who is active on WhatsApp?

  

Extraversion

Neuroticism

Conscientiousness

Agreeableness

Openness

Total sample

n = 2,418

WhatsApp usage

rho = .18, p < .001

rho = .07, p < .001

rho = −.13, p < .001

rho = .001, p = .96

rho = −.01, p = .54

Males

n = 1,468

WhatsApp usage

rho = .19, p < .001

rho = .002, p = .94

rho = −.12, p < .001

rho = −.01, p = .77

rho = −.04, p = .09

Females

n = 950

WhatsApp usage

rho = .10, p = .002

rho = .04, p = .26

rho = −.18, p < .001

rho = .03, p = .37

rho = −.07, p = .046