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TABLE 7 
CORRELATIONS OF SEMANTIC AND TRAIT PERSONALITY VARIABLES 
(Controlling for Desirability in Parentheses) 
RELATED MEASURES 
Personality & Verb Meanings 
ABASEMENT & STEWARDSHIP 
ABASEMENT & SHARE 
NURTURANCE & SHARE 
DOMINANCE & DOMINION 
DEFENDENCE & CLAIM 
Materialism & Verb Meanings 
MATERIALISM & DOMINION 
MATERIALISM & CLAIM 
MATERIALISM & POSSESS 
MATERIALISM & CHERISH 
SUMMER STUDENTS FERRY PASSENGERS 
n 
nD 
n 
p 
170 .14 .03 75 .23 .02 
(167 . 15 .03) (72 .24 .02) 
170 .20 .005 75 .36 .001 
(167 .20 .005) (72 .37 .001) 
170 .15 .03 75 .36 .001 
(187 .18 .01) (72 .34 .001) 
170 .13 .04 75 i ¥ .03 
. 167 .15 .03) (72 .22 .03) 
170 17 .01 75 .22 .01 
(167 .17 .02) (72 .21 .04) 
n 
y 
BD 
168 .17 .02 71 .37 .001 
(165 .13 .04) (68 .39 <.001) 
168 .14 .03 71 .38 .001 
1 165 .14 .04) (68 .36 .001) 
168 .14 .04 71 .28 .008 
(165 .16  .02) (68 .25 .02) 
i68 .16  .02 71 .22 .03 
. 165 .18 .009) (68 .25 .02) 
Materialism & Personality ‘n 
MATERIALISM & DEFENDENCE 185 .47 <.001 81 .30  .003 
(182 .42 <.001) (78 .26  .01) 
NONGENEROSITY & DEFENDENCE 185 .24 001 81 .26  .008 
(182 .20 .003) (78 .25 .01) 
185 -.49 <.001 81 -.38 <.001 
(182 -.47 <.001) (78 ~-.35 .001) 
NONGENEROSITY & AFFILIATION 
185 -.27 <.001 81 -.35 .001 
(182 -.23 .001) (78 -.33 .001)