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Table 8 Correlations of personality and adjusted stress measures

From: Stress and stressors of medical student near-peer tutors during courses: a psychophysiological mixed methods study

 

VAS-Stress

Positive Affect

Negative Affect

Cortisol

RMSSD

Personality: BFI-K

 Extraversion

−.16

.31*†

−.44***†

−.11

.32*†

 Neuroticism

.26*

−.06

.28*

−.11

.00

 Conscientiousness

−.18

.22

−.29*

−.14

.14

 Agreeableness

.03

.36**†

−.06

.07

−.13

 Openness

−.04

−.01

−.09

−.08

.07

Attachment style: AAS

 Depend

−.22

.14

−.24

−.05

−.02

 Anxiety

.27*

−.11

.19

−.10

.00

 Close

−.30*

.13

−.28*

.05

−.02

Resilience: RS 13

 Competence

−.31*

.30*

−.48***†

.04

.06

 Acceptance

−.35**†

.11

−.37**†

.10

−.13

Perfectionism: SAPS-R

 Standards

−.08

.03

−.24

.04

.00

 Discrepancy

.25

−.18

.18

−.01

−.10

  1. Note. Pearson-correlations of personality and stress measures, adjusted for measurement times, tutor type and experience. VAS Visual Analogue Scale, RMSSD root mean square of successive differences in interbeat intervals
  2. n = 60. * p < .05. ** p < .01. *** p < .001. † significant after Bonferroni-Holm-corrections for multiple comparisons [114]