Development and Validation of a Personality Assessment Instrument for Traditional Korean Medicine: Sasang Personality Questionnaire

Table 5

Correlation between SPQ, subscales of SPQ, TCI, and NEO-PI.

SPQ (n = 232)

TCI (n = 232)

NEO-PI (n = 97)

SPQ-B

SPQ-E

SPQ-C

NS

HA

RD

P

SD

C

ST

N

E

O

A

Co

SPQ

0.827**

0.649**

0.805**

0.462**

−0.390**

0.320**

0.225**

0.148

0.026

0.135

−0.168

0.629**

0.182

−0.171

−0.183

SPQ-B

0.301**

0.541**

0.314**

−0.513**

0.334**

0.403**

0.358**

0.114

0.190*

−0.320*

0.683**

0.192

−0.081

0.108

SPQ-E

0.265**

0.364**

0.137

0.408**

−0.099

−0.226**

−0.043

0.061

0.339**

0.288*

0.094

−0.036

−0.326*

SPQ-C

0.387**

−0.452**

0.012

0.167

0.153

−0.023

0.049

−0.329*

0.452**

0.129

−0.263*

−0.236

^∗𝑃<0.01; ^∗∗𝑃<0.001. Bold represents correlation coefficient over 0.3.
SPQ: Sasang Personality Questionnaire, SPQ-B: SPQ-behavior, SPQ-E: SPQ-emotionality, SPQ-C: SPQ-cognition, TCI: temperament and character inventory, NS: novelty seeking, HA: harm avoidance, RD: reward dependence, P: persistence, SD: self directness, C: cooperativeness, ST: self transcendence, NEO-PI: NEO-personality inventory, N: neuroticism, E: extraversion, O: openness to experience, A: agreeableness, Co: conscientiousness.