Table 5 Importance of personality dimensions (BigFive)
From: Stress-induced hyperphagia: empirical characterization of stress-overeaters
Personality dimensions | Total sample Mean (±sd) | Stress-overeater Mean (±sd) | Stress-undereater Mean (±sd) | Stress-insensitive eater Mean (±sd) | Mean difference between groups p-value* | Effect size η2** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agreeableness | 3.2 (±0.8) | 3.2 (±0.8) | 3.2 (±0.7) | 3.2 (±0.8) | 0.83 | |
Extraversion | 3.2 (±0.1) | 3.2 (±1.0) | 3.2 (±1.0) | 3.1 (±0.9) | 0.30 | |
Conscientiousness | 3.1 (±0.5) | 3.1 (±0.5) | 3.1 (±0.5) | 3.1 (±0.5) | 0.48 | |
Openness | 2.8 (±0.6) | 2.9 (±0.6) | 2.9 (±0.6) | 2.8 (±0.6) | 0.13 | |
Neuroticism | 2.7 (±0.6) | 2.7 (±0.6) | 2.7 (±0.6) | 2.5 (±0.7) | 0.01 | 0.006 |