DOI: 10.5068/d17d58
title: Sex differences in fearful personality traits are explained by facultative calibration to physical strength

description: These five datasets include measures of physical strength (grip strength
 and in some samples chest strength) and self-report HEXACO Emotionality,
 including its four facets (Fearfulness, Anxiety, Sentimentality, and
 Emotional Dependance).  All five samples are comprised of
 undergraduate students. Samples 1 and 2 are from UC Santa
 Barbara.  Sample 3 is from Oklahoma State University. Sample 4 is
 from the University of Texas, Austin. Sample 5 is from Arizona State
 University.
description: COLUMN HEADINGS:<br>p_id: participant
 ID<br>female: 1 = female, 0 = male<br>ethnicity, Sample 1:
 1=White/Euro-American, 2=Hispanic/Latino, 3=Black/African-American,
 5=Asian-American, 7=Pacific Islander, 8=Biracial, "Other," or
 Decline to State<br>ethnicity, Sample 3: 1=American Indian,
 2=Asian-American, 4=Black/African-American, 5=White, 6=Hispanic/Latino,
 7=Biracial, 8="Other"<br>ethnicity, Sample 5:
 1=White/Euro-American, 2=Hispanic/Latino, 3=Black/African-American,
 4=Middle Eastern, 5-7=Asian-American, 8="Other"<br>grip:
 grip strength, kg/F<br>chest: chest strength, kg/F
 <strong>Samples 1-2, HEXACO IPIP items (7-point
 scale):</strong> Anxiety, Positively
 Keyed:<br>e_anx_1: Often worry about things that turn out to be
 unimportant<br>e_anx_2: Worry about things<br>e_anx_3: Get
 stressed out easily<br>e_anx_4: Get upset by unpleasant thoughts
 that come into my mind<br>e_anx_5: Panic easily
 Anxiety, Negatively Keyed:<br>e_anx_6: Rarely
 worry<br>e_anx_7: Rarely feel depressed<br>e_anx_8: Am not
 easily disturbed by events<br>e_anx_9: Remain calm under
 pressure<br>e_anx_10: Don't worry about things that have
 already happened Emotional Dependence, Positively
 Keyed: e_dep_1: Need reassurance<br>e_dep_2: Let
 myself be influenced by others<br>e_dep_3: Need the approval of
 others<br>e_dep_4: Need protection<br>e_dep_5: Often need
 help<br>e_dep_6: Show my sadness<br>e_dep_7: Suspect that my
 facial expressions give me away when I feel sad<br>e_dep_8: Seek
 support<br>e_dep_9: Can't do without the company of
 others<br>e_dep_10: Want to be liked Fearfulness,
 Positively Keyed: e_fear_1: Am a physical
 coward<br>e_fear_2: Begin to panic when there is
 danger<br>e_fear_3: Would fear walking in a high-crime part of a
 city<br>e_fear_4: Tremble in dangerous situations<br>e_fear_5:
 Would never go riding down a stretch of rapids in a canoe
 Fearfulness, Negatively Keyed: e_fear_6: Like
 to do frightening things<br>e_fear_7: Face danger
 confidently<br>e_fear_8: Love dangerous
 situations<br>e_fear_9: Would be good at rescuing people from a
 burning building<br>e_fear_10: Am willing to take risks
 Sentimentality, Positively Keyed: e_sen_1:
 Feel others' emotions<br>e_sen_2: Immediately feel sad when
 hearing of an unhappy event<br>e_sen_3: Cry during
 movies<br>e_sen_4: Am sensitive to the needs of
 others<br>e_sen_5: Am deeply moved by others'
 misfortunes Sentimentality, Negatively Keyed:
 e_sen_6: Rarely cry during sad movies<br>e_sen_7: Seldom
 feel weepy while reading the sad part of a story<br>e_sen_8: Am
 seldom bothered by the apparent suffering of strangers<br>e_sen_9:
 Don't understand people who get emotional<br>e_sen_10: Seldom
 get emotional <br><strong>Samples 3-5,
 HEXACO-100 items (5-point scale):</strong>
 <br>hex_5: I would feel afraid if I had to travel in bad
 weather conditions.<br>hex_11: I sometimes can't help worrying
 about little things.<br>hex_17: When I suffer from a painful
 experience, I need someone to make me feel comfortable.<br>hex_23: I
 feel like crying when I see other people crying.<br>hex_29: I don’t
 mind doing jobs that involve dangerous work.<br>hex_35: I worry a
 lot less than most people do.<br>hex_41: I can handle difficult
 situations without needing emotional support from anyone
 else.<br>hex_47: When someone I know well is unhappy, I can almost
 feel that person's pain myself.<br>hex_53: When it comes to
 physical danger, I am very fearful.<br>hex_59: I rarely, if ever,
 have trouble sleeping due to stress or anxiety.<br>hex_65: Whenever
 I feel worried about something, I want to share my concern with another
 person.<br>hex_71: I feel strong emotions when someone close to me
 is going away for a long time.<br>hex_77: Even in an emergency I
 wouldn't feel like panicking.<br>hex_83: I get very anxious
 when waiting to hear about an important decision.<br>hex_89: I
 rarely discuss my problems with other people.<br>hex_95: I remain
 unemotional even in situations where most people get very
 sentimental. Scoring key for  HEXACO-100
 items: Fearfulness 5, 29R, 53, 77R Anxiety 11, 35R,
 59R, 83 Dependence 17, 41R, 65, 89R Sentimentality 23, 47, 71,
 95R