Affiliation:
1. Department of Psychology University of Zurich Binzmühlestrasse 14, Box 7 Zurich CH‐8050 Switzerland
Abstract
AbstractObjectiveThis preregistered study provides robust estimates of the links between Big Five personality traits and civic engagement across different samples and life stages.MethodsWe recruited two samples from the United States and United Kingdom (total N = 1593) and measured Big Five domains, Big Five aspects, and six civic engagement indicators: volunteerism, charitable giving, donating blood, posthumous organ donation, political voting, and vaccination. We compared the links between these measures across samples and tested moderation across life stages and several sociodemographic variables. We explored whether these links replicate between self‐ and peer‐reports.ResultsWe found small but robust effects. Agreeable, extraverted, and open/intellectual participants reported more civic engagement, especially volunteerism and charitable giving. Neurotic and conscientious participants mainly reported less civic engagement, especially blood and organ donations. One of the two Big Five aspects often drove these links, such as Compassion in the link between Agreeableness and volunteerism. We found some differences between younger and middle‐aged adults.ConclusionsBig Five personality traits predict civic engagement modestly but consistently, with adequate study power being critical to detecting these links. Lower‐order traits, such as Big Five aspects, clarify the relationships between traits and engagement. Life stages and sociodemographic variables have limited effects.
Funder
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
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