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Table 2 Correlations between personality traits and individual attitudes toward vaccination

From: Personality and individual attitudes toward vaccination: a nationally representative survey in the United States

Variable

Attitude toward health benefits of vaccination

Support for school vaccination

r

p-value

r

p-value

Extraversion

0.002

0.922

0.015

0.383

Agreeableness

0.158

< 0.001

0.088

< 0.001

Conscientiousness

0.156

< 0.001

0.119

< 0.001

Emotional stability

0.119

< 0.001

0.017

0.340

Openness to experience

0.065

< 0.001

0.008

0.629

  1. Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.001)