Assessing the influence of personality and health beliefs on variability of COVID-19 fear among Egyptians: a cross-sectional study

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 3 Association between personality traits and total scores of COVID-19 scale

Variability		N	Total Fear of corona score		t	P
Variability		N	Mean	SD	t	P
Extroversion	Low	255	18.18	5.88	-0.366	0.715 NS
Extroversion	High	747	18.33	5.99	-0.366	0.715 NS
Neuroticism	Low	468	16.84	5.79	-7.434	< 0.001**
Neuroticism	High	534	19.57	5.83	-7.434	< 0.001**
Agreeableness	Low	23	18.19	5.87	2.779	0.011*
Agreeableness	High	979	22.83	7.95	2.779	0.011*
Openness	Low	139	18	5.75	3.475	< 0.001**
Openness	High	863	20.14	6.88	3.475	< 0.001**
Conscientiousness	Low	120	17.92	5.71	4.519	< 0.001**
Conscientiousness	High	882	20.95	7.03	4.519	< 0.001**