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Table 6 Definitions of variables used in this study

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

Studied variables

Definition

Big Five personality traits

 

Extraversion

The dimension characterized by excitability, sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness, and high amounts of emotional expressiveness [8]

Agreeableness

The dimension includes trust, sympathy and cooperation [8]

Conscientiousness

The dimension encompasses a sense of competence and duty, and the desire to achievement and self-discipline [8]

Neuroticism

(the negative opposite of Emotional Stability)

The dimension consists of a tendency to experience chronic distressing emotion such as anxiety, guilt and frustration [8]

Openness to experience

(i.e. Openness)

The dimension encompasses imaginative, aesthetically sensitive, intellectual curiosity, and need for variety [8]

Exercise dependence

A phenomenon that is characterized by abnormal exercise behaviors that negatively affect one’s personal and social life [37]

Obsessive–compulsive disorder

Obsessive–compulsive disorder is characterized by unwanted instructive thoughts that caused anxiety or distress and are linked to greater possibility of developing into ritualistic behaviors to prevent or reduce distress [34]

Eating disorders

Eating disorders are characterized, for instance, by severe disturbances in eating behavior and body image perception affecting the individual’s health and body weight [16]