Table 3

Pearson’s correlation between the CBT Skills, the PHQ-9, the GAD-7 and the Big Five Personality (n=847)

SMBACRATPSPHQ-9GAD-7NeuroticismExtroversionOpennessConscientiousnessAgreeableness
CBT skills  
 SM1  
 BA0.17**
(0.10 to 0.23)		1  
 CR0.11**
(0.04 to 0.17)		0.36**
(0.30 to 0.42)		1  
 AT0.11**
(0.04 to 18)		0.24**
(0.17 to 0.30)		0.26**
(0.20 to 0.32)		1  
 PS0.07
(0.00 to 0.14)		0.20**
(0.13 to 0.26)		0.34**
(0.28 to 0.40)		0.21**
(0.14 to 0.27)		1  
PHQ-9−0.35**
(−41 to −0.29)		−0.37**
(−0.42 to −0.31)		−0.19**
(−0.25 to −0.12)		−0.21**
(−27 to −0.14)		−0.05
(−12 to 0.02)		 1 
GAD-7−0.24**
(−30 to −0.18)		−0.17**
(−0.23 to −0.10)		−0.08
(−0.15 to −0.01)		−0.17**
(−0.23 to −0.10)		−0.02
(−0.09 to 0.05)		 0.43**
 (0.37 to 0.48)		1 
Big Five  
 Neuroticism−0.24**
(−30 to −0.18)		−0.23**
(−0.29 to −0.17)		−0.18**
(−24 to −11)		−0.31**
(−0.37 to −0.25)		0.02
(−0.05 to 0.09)		 0.33**
 (0.27 to 0.39)		0.51**
(0.46 to 0.56)		 1
 Extroversion0.05
(−0.02 to 0.12)		0.25**
(0.19 to 0.31)		0.19**
(0.12 to 0.25)		0.34**
(0.28 to 0.40)		0.07*
(0.00 to 0.14)		 −0.15**
 (−0.22 to −0.08)		−0.08
(−0.15 to −0.01)		 −0.20**
 (−0.26 to −0.13)		1
 Openness−0.01
(−0.08 to 0.06)		0.22**
(0.15 to 0.28)		0.28**
(0.22 to 0.34)		0.33**
(0.27 to 0.39)		0.22**
(0.15 to 0.28)		 −0.10**
 (−0.17 to −0.03)		−0.02
(−0.09 to 0.04)		 −0.18**
 (−0.24 to −0.11)		0.40**
(0.34 to 0.46)		1
 Conscientiousness0.05
(−0.02 to −0.12)		0.30**
(0.24 to 0.36)		0.24**
(0.18 to 0.30)		0.06
(−0.01 to 0.13)		0.37**
(0.31 to 0.43)		 −0.15**
 (−0.22 to −0.08)		0.03
(−0.04 to 0.1)		 0.05
 (−0.02 to 0.11)		−0.06
(−0.13 to 0.01)		0.10**
(0.03 to 0.17)		1
 Agreeableness0.12**
(0.05 to 0.09)		0.16**
(0.09 to 0.22)		0.21**
(0.14 to 0.27)		−0.01
(−0.08 to 0.06)		0.20**
(0.13 to 0.26)		 −0.11**
 (−0.18 to −0.04)		−0.23**
(−0.29 to −0.17)		 −0.16**
 (−0.22 to −0.09)		0.06
(−0.01 to 0.13)		0.19**
(0.12 to 0.25)		0.21**
(0.14 to 0.27)		1

  • Values in parentheses show the 95% CIs.

  • **p<0.01, *p<0.05.

  • AT, assertiveness training; BA, behavioural activation; Big Five, Big Five Scale of Personality Trait; CR, cognitive restructuring; GAD-7, Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PS, problem-solving; SM, self-monitoring.