Table 3 Genetic and non-shared environmental correlations among conscientiousness measures (with 95% confidence intervals).

From: Genetic and environmental architecture of conscientiousness in adolescence

 

Conscientiousness

Effortful control

Self-control

Grit

Conscientiousness

0.58

0.62

0.60

[0.54, 0.61]

[0.59, 0.65]

[0.57, 0.63]

Effortful control

0.91

0.59

0.56

[0.89, 0.93]

[0.55, 0.62]

[0.52, 0.59]

Self-control

0.88

0.89

0.61

[0.86, 0.90]

[0.87, 0.91]

[0.58, 0.64]

Grit

0.90

0.89

0.82

[0.88, 0.91]

[0.86, 0.91]

[0.79, 0.84]

  1. Numbers below the diagonal indicate genetic correlations, and those above the diagonal non-shared environmental correlations.