目的:这项预先注册的研究提供了对不同样本和生命阶段的五大人格特质与公民参与之间联系的可靠估计。
方法:我们从美国和英国招募了两个样本(总N=1593),并测量了大五领域,五大方面,和六个公民参与指标:志愿服务,慈善捐赠,献血,死后器官捐献,政治投票,和疫苗接种。我们比较了样本中这些指标之间的联系,并测试了生命阶段和几个社会人口统计学变量的适度性。我们探讨了这些联系是否在自我报告和对等报告之间复制。
结果:我们发现了小但有力的影响。同意,外向,和开放/知识参与者报告更多的公民参与,特别是志愿服务和慈善捐赠。神经质和尽责的参与者主要报告公民参与较少,尤其是捐献血液和器官.五大因素之一经常推动这些联系,例如在和睦相处和志愿精神之间的联系中的同情心。我们发现年轻人和中年人之间存在一些差异。
结论:五大人格特质适度但一致地预测公民参与度,足够的研究能力对检测这些联系至关重要。低阶性状,比如五大方面,阐明特质和敬业度之间的关系。生命阶段和社会人口统计学变量的影响有限。
OBJECTIVE: This preregistered study provides robust estimates of the links between Big Five personality traits and civic engagement across different samples and life stages.
METHODS: We 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.
RESULTS: We 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.
CONCLUSIONS: Big 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.