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Table 1 Associations between the Big Five scales and basic competencies (literacy and numeracy)

From: Personality, competencies, and life outcomes: results from the German PIAAC longitudinal study

 

Literacy

Numeracy

Extraversion (linear)

−.05**

−.06***

Agreeableness (linear)

−.02

−.03

Conscientiousness (linear)

−.10***

−.08***

Emotional stability (linear)

.11***

.14***

Openness (linear)

.05*

.05***

Extraversion (quadratic)

−.01

−.01

Agreeableness (quadratic)

−.05**

−.04*

Conscientiousness (quadratic)

−.03*

−.05**

Emotional stability (quadratic)

−.06***

−.06***

Openness (quadratic)

−.06***

−.07***

  1. Correlations are Fisher-Z transformed and averaged across the ten plausible values, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001, N = 3757; the correlations between the two abilities range between .86 and .87