Personality characteristics of research volunteers
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We evaluated Big Five personality factor differences between research volunteers and nonvolunteers. In the first study, 158 military officers were asked to participate in a mail survey. The personality scores of the officers were available from an archival data set. In our second study, adult siblings from large families were invited to participate in extensive clinical epidemiological evaluations. The personality scores of volunteers (N = 55) and nonvolunteers from the same families (N = 29) were estimated from sibling ratings made by those who participated in the study. In both studies, respondents, compared to nonrespondents, were found to be significantly lower in Neuroticism and higher in Conscientiousness. The second study further indicated respondents as being higher in Extraversion and Agreeableness. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Authors
- Lönnqvist, J., Paunonen, S., Verkasalo, M., Leikas, S., Tuulio‐Henriksson, A., & Lönnqvist, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Western University (CA)
- National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, Finland
- Venue
- European Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2007-12
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1017-1030
- ISSN
- 0890-2070 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0984
- OpenAlex
- W2159294915
- Cited by
- 77
- References
- 30
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- FWCI
- 3.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- European Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
- STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Academy of Finland (12106181)
- The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (410‐2006‐1795)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics in Clinical Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Keywords
- Big Five personality traits, research volunteers, response bias, neuroticism, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, military officers, adult siblings
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