Examining five-factor model personality traits among recently divorced Danes

Figures & data

Table 1 Participant sociodemographic information (N = 676, men n = 230, women n = 446).

Variable	Men (n = 230)	Women (n = 446)
Age, years, mean (SD)	46.70 (9.31)	45.34 (8.05)*
Education level, %
Low education level	30.4	28.3***
Medium education level	39.6	27.1
High education level	30.0	44.6
Income, %
Below the average national monthly salary	30.0	12.3***
Average	23.5	43.9
Above the average national monthly salary	46.5	44.6
Marriage length, mean (SD)	12.92 (7.97)	13.84 (8.25)
Number of times divorced, %
One time	89.1	88.8
Two or more times	10.9	11.1
Number of children, M (SD)	1.92 (.89)	1.93 (.96)

Note. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001, for gender differences, Min = minimum score for the sample; max = maximum score for the sample.

Table 2 Descriptive analyses of the outcome variables (N = 676, men n = 230, women n = 446).

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Agreeableness	–	0.252***	0.002	−0.126**	0.097*
2	Conscientiousness	0.035	–	0.301***	−0.517***	0.027
3	Extraversion	−0.012	0.328***	–	−0.525***	0.395***
4	Neuroticism	0.043	−0.596***	−0.512***	–	−0.068
5	Openness	0.177**	0.133*	0.321***	−0.113	–
	Mean (W)	46.587	45.910	41.812	35.108	41.016
	SD (W)	5.131	6.094	7.362	8.608	6.164
	Mean (M)	43.730	44.826	42.087	32.191	39.900
	SD (M)	5.894	5.932	7.197	8.503	6.362

Note: *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001. Men (N = 230) below the diagonal, while women (N = 446) above the diagonal.

Figure 1 Personality scores at 1-month post-juridical divorce compared with national norm data, stratified by gender.

Note. A = agreeableness, C = conscientiousness, E = extraversion, N = neuroticism, O = openness