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Table 2 Bivariate correlation of demographic information and psychological variables in women exercisers (N = 295)

From: Relationships between personality traits and disordered eating among Chinese female exercisers: the role of symptoms of exercise dependence and obsessive-compulsiveness

 

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1. Education level

1

          

2. Age

0.35***

1

         

3. BMI

0.06

− 0.02

1

        

4. Extroversion

0.05

− 0.05

0.01

1

       

5. Agreeableness

0.00

− 0.03

0.06

− 0.04

1

      

6. Conscientiousness

0.10

0.30***

− 0.04

0.00

0.17**

1

     

7. Emotional Stability

0.00

0.15*

− 0.01

− 0.08

0.33***

0.33***

1

    

8. Openness to Experience

0.09

0.17**

0.10

0.21***

0.07

0.31***

0.24***

1

   

9. EXD symptoms

0.02

− 0.05

− 0.02

0.22***

− 0.01

0.12*

− 0.16**

0.02

1

  

10. OC symptoms

− 0.17**

− 0.18**

− 0.01

− 0.10

− 0.12*

− 0.17**

− 0.33***

− 0.25***

0.30***

1

 

11. Disordered eating

− 0.03

− 0.12*

− 0.04

0.07

− 0.18**

− 0.17**

− 0.27***

− 0.07

0.13*

0.37***

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  1. Education level was coded as 1 = “ Secondary/high school or professional (non-university)”, 2 = “ College, professional, or university training”, and 3 = “ post-graduate”; BMI Body max index, EXD Exercise dependence, OC Obsessive–Compulsive
  2. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001 (two-tailed)