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Table 2 Correlations between personality subtraits and eating behaviours

From: Associations of children’s Big Five personality with eating behaviors

Factors

Subtraits

Satiety responsiveness

Slow eating

Fussiness

Emotional undereating

Food responsiveness

Enjoyment of food

Emotional over-eating

E

Energy

0.04

− 0.04

− 0.04

0.03

− 0.02

0.06

− 0.01

Expressiveness

0.02

0.00

− 0.13

0.00

0.00

0.16

− 0.06

Optimism

− 0.06

− 0.08

− 0.18

− 0.10

− 0.12

0.20

− 0.18

Shyness

0.08

0.10

0.18

0.13

0.11

− 0.13

0.17

A

Altruism

− 0.07

− 0.05

− 0.18

− 0.07

− 0.06

0.16

− 0.08

Dominance

0.03

− 0.04

0.02

0.05

0.10

0.00

0.04

Egocentrism

0.17

0.11

0.25

0.19

0.27

− 0.12

0.28

Compliance

− 0.15

− 0.05

− 0.22

− 0.17

− 0.19

0.12

− 0.17

Irritability

0.12

0.08

0.17

0.20

0.25

− 0.07

0.27

C

Concentration

− 0.12

− 0.11

− 0.14

− 0.09

− 0.20

0.11

− 0.21

Perseverance

− 0.16

− 0.04

− 0.18

− 0.13

− 0.25

0.09

− 0.21

Order

− 0.14

− 0.02

− 0.16

− 0.06

− 0.18

0.10

− 0.12

Achievement striving

− 0.02

0.02

− 0.05

0.02

− 0.01

0.09

0.00

N

Anxiety

0.13

0.16

0.20

0.20

0.25

− 0.08

0.31

Self-confidence

− 0.12

− 0.16

− 0.20

− 0.16

− 0.20

0.15

− 0.25

I

Creativity

0.00

− 0.01

− 0.13

0.02

− 0.04

0.17

− 0.07

Intellect

− 0.08

− 0.09

− 0.15

− 0.07

− 0.15

0.14

− 0.17

Curiosity

− 0.07

− 0.02

− 0.17

− 0.04

− 0.03

0.19

− 0.05

  1. E extraversion, A agreeableness, C conscientiousness, N neuroticism, I imagination
  2. Pearson correlations ≥ 0.09 are significant at P ≤ 0.001