Skip to main content

Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: The moderating role of personality traits in the relationship between work and salivary cortisol: a cross-sectional study of 401 employees in 34 Canadian companies

 

Min–Max

Mean/proportion

Standard deviation

STRESS RESPONSE

   

    Cortisol

0.00–4.07

0.18

0.22

WORK

   

    Skill utilization

6–24

18.27

3.04

    Decision authority

3–12

8.81

1.84

    Psychological demands

13–36

23.27

3.77

    Physical demands

1–4

1.77

0.85

    Number of hours worked

17–65

39.22

5.10

    Work schedule (irregular)

1–4

1.45

0.65

    Social support from coworkers

6–16

12.76

1.93

    Social support from supervisor

4–16

12.45

2.42

    Job insecurity

2–8

3.77

1.28

PERSONALITY

   

    Self–esteem

9–24

19.80

3.12

    Locus of control

3–28

20.00

4.20

    Extraversion

4–20

12.98

3.31

    Agreeableness

4–20

15.91

2.44

    Neuroticism

4–18

10.28

2.80

    Conscientiousness

4–20

15.18

2.48

    Openness

7–20

14.48

2.78

CONTROL VARIABLES

   

    Sex (female)

0–1

0.55

 

    Age

19–65

41.40

10.51

    Education level

1–10

5.20

2.16

    Household income

1–12

7.50

3.26

    Social support outside workplace

0–1

0.82

 

    Stressful life events (childhood)

0–6

1.09

1.22

    Marital status (living as couple)

0–1

0.74

 

    Parental status (present)

0–4

0.89

1.04

    Marital stress

0–4

0.48

0.88

    Parental stress

0–3

0.21

0.56

    Tobacco use

0–25

1.09

3.82

    Body mass index

17.13–68.25

29.86

6.94

    Alcohol consumption

0–42

4.45

5.44

    Psychotropic drug use

0–1

0.10

 

    Chronic health problems

0–5

1.03

1.23

    Physical activity

1–7

4.31

2.00

    Season–Winter

 

0.21

 

    Season–Spring

 

0.46

 

    Season–Summer

 

0.11

 

    Season–Autumn

 

0.23

 

    Awakening time

2–12.47

6.86

1.51