Table 2 Personality characteristics in sample and norm data
Sample | Group a US/UK/CA/AU/NZ (mean (SD)) | P-value | Group b DE/NL/ CH BE-FL (mean (SD)) | P-value | Group c NO/SE/FI/DK (mean (SD)) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 6756 | 1512 | 1136 | 1313 | |||
BFI Factors | |||||||
Agreeableness | 4.68 (1.22) | 4.61 (1.33) | 0.095 | 4.80 (1.41) | 0.040 | 4.43 (1.47) | 0.006 |
Conscientiousness | 4.18 (1.33) | 3.49 (1.23) | < 0.001 | 3.57 (1.25) | < 0.001 | 3.26 (1.43) | < 0.001 |
Extraversion | 4.71 (1.68) | 5.62 (1.68) | < 0.001 | 5.23 (1.57) | < 0.001 | 4.41 (1.99) | < 0.001 |
Neuroticism | 7.32 (1.59) | 7.36 (1.67) | 0.578 | 7.24 (1.58) | 0.008 | 7.94 (1.87) | < 0.001 |
Openness | 6.13 (1.65) | 5.24 (1.33) | < 0.001 | 5.67 (1.30) | < 0.001 | 5.72 (1.40) | < 0.001 |
How well do the following statements describe your personality? | |||||||
- is reserved (1) | 3.51 (1.04) | 2.67 (1.10) | < 0.001 | 2.94 (1.09) | < 0.001 | 3.74 (1.27) | < 0.001 |
- is generally trusting (2) | 2.01 (0.66) | 1.91 (0.76) | < 0.001 | 2.30 (0.93) | < 0.001 | 1.73 (0.80) | < 0.001 |
-tends to be lazy (3) | 3.86 (0.95) | 4.13 (0.94) | < 0.001 | 4.07 (0.98) | < 0.001 | 4.15 (1.19) | < 0.001 |
-is relaxed, handles stress well (4) | 2.32 (0.89) | 2.30 (0.97) | 0.472 | 2.41 (0.94) | < 0.001 | 2.11 (1.03) | < 0.001 |
-has few artistic interests (5) | 2.96 (1.15) | 2.77 (1.15) | < 0.001 | 2.64 (1.16) | < 0.001 | 2.26 (1.28) | < 0.001 |
-is outgoing, sociable (6) | 2.22 (0.93) | 2.28 (0.98) | 0.077 | 2.17 (0.85) | 0.574 | 2.15 (1.06) | 0.034 |
-tends to find fault with others (7) | 3.33 (0.94) | 3.31 (0.98) | 0.651 | 3.50 (0.95) | < 0.001 | 3.29 (1.18) | 0.407 |
-does a thorough job (8) | 2.04 (0.71) | 1.62 (0.58) | < 0.001 | 1.64 (0.60) | < 0.001 | 1.40 (0.61) | < 0.001 |
-gets nervous easily (9) | 3.63 (0.97) | 3.65 (1.06) | 0.345 | 3.65 (0.99) | 0.884 | 4.06 (1.19) | < 0.001 |
-has an active imagination (10) | 3.10 (1.09) | 2.00 (0.85) | < 0.001 | 2.32 (0.92) | < 0.001 | 1.95 (0.93) | < 0.001 |