The role of personality traits and leisure activities in predicting wellbeing in young people

BMC Psychology

Table 2 Summary of sample sizes, means and SDs of the wellbeing, personality, leisure and creativity variables

Variable	Whole dataset			Cohort 1 (age: 14–15)			Cohort 2 (age: 16–17)			Cohort 3 (age: 18–20)
Variable	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD
Life satisfaction	408	3.43	0.89	134	3.51	0.93	204	3.37	0.89	70	3.45	0.82
Positive affect	374	21.90	3.76	118	22.47	3.59	188	21.36	4.04	68	22.38	3.02
Negative affect	374	16.45	4.20	118	16.22	4.12	188	16.64	4.24	68	16.35	4.29
Mental health	391	2.74	0.88	127	2.85	0.87	194	2.65	0.89	70	2.78	0.86
Extraversion	408	6.55	2.15	134	6.60	2.03	204	6.47	2.27	70	6.69	2.05
Agreeableness	405	7.18	1.56	131	7.12	1.49	204	7.17	1.66	70	7.30	1.38
Conscientiousness	405	6.11	1.70	133	6.04	1.65	202	6.05	1.77	70	6.43	1.61
Neuroticism	406	7.00	2.00	134	6.68	1.90	202	6.94	2.09	70	7.76	1.75
Openness	409	6.56	2.07	134	6.75	1.91	204	6.44	2.23	71	6.51	1.89
Creative hobbies	281	5.74	6.51	60	7.38	7.97	150	5.87	6.34	71	4.08	5.03
Physical activity	278	5.76	4.85	56	7.53	5.95	151	5.54	4.74	71	4.84	3.70
Socialising	278	10.11	5.85	56	11.52	6.71	151	9.04	5.55	71	11.30	5.34
Sedentary activities	278	23.64	5.89	56	24.35	6.53	151	23.38	5.92	71	22.15	5.14
AUT Fluency	407	4.36	1.67	132	4.09	1.73	204	4.43	1.71	71	4.64	1.36
AUT Overall originality	407	6.42	2.08	132	6.55	2.40	204	6.21	1.88	71	6.79	1.94
AUT Peak originality	407	6.01	3.64	132	5.86	3.71	204	5.89	3.64	71	6.65	3.51
OKC	390	1.23	0.95	129	1.26	0.97	195	1.31	0.92	66	0.97	0.96

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