Perseverative Cognition as a Mediator Between Personality Traits and Blood Pressure

Figures & data

Table 1 Descriptive Statistics

	Average	Deviation
Systolic Pressure	118.47	17,705
Diastolic Pressure	79.82	15,595
Neuroticism	34.86	32,804
Extraversion	49.54	32,077
Openness	42.06	28,335
Agreeableness	73.85	29,584
Conscientiousness	62.57	31,531
Brooding	8.51	2,511
Reflection	8.27	3,066

Table 2 Correlations

	Spearman’s Rho	p
Neuroticism-SP	−0.166532	0.142420
Neuroticism-DP	−0.078227	0.493179
Neuroticism-Brooding	0.422083***	< 0.001
Neuroticism-Reflection	0.340589**	0.002131
Extraversion-SP	−0.187116	0.098690
Extraversion-DP	−0.147335	0.195059
Extraversion-Brooding	−0.029171	0.798568
Extraversion-Reflection	−0.008962	0.937518
Openness-SP	−0.223645*	0.047559
Openness-DP	−0.155911	0.170036
Openness-Brooding	−0.146275	0.198329
Openness-Reflection	−0.068841	0.546616
Agreeableness-SP	0.075789	0.506787
Agreeableness-DP	0.055419	0.627608
Agreeableness-Brooding	−0.117631	0.301861
Agreeableness-Reflection	0.006253	0.956386
Conscientiousness-SP	0.133816	0.239707
Conscientiousness-DP	0.135285	0.234540
Conscientiousness-Brooding	−0.204156	0.071119
Conscientiousness-Reflection	−0.048294	0.672551
SP-DP	0.810621***	< 0.001
SP-Brooding	0.019570	0.864076
SP-Reflection	0.071209	0.532876
DP-Brooding	0.027319	0.811110
DP-Reflection	0.098128	0.389591
Brooding-Reflection	0.703452***	< 0.001

Notes: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

Abbreviations: SP, Systolic Pressure; DP, Diastolic Pressure.

Figure 1 Perseverative cognition model mediating personality variables with systolic pressure.

Notes: This figure describes the mediating role of the subfactors of perseverative cognition with the 5 personality traits, on systolic blood pressure.

Figure 2 Perseverative cognition model mediating personality variables with diastolic pressure.

Notes: This figure describes the mediating role of the subfactors of perseverative cognition with the 5 personality traits, on diastolic blood pressure.