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Social Investment and Personality: A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship of Personality Traits to Investment in Work, Family, Religion, and Volunteerism
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Investing in normative, age-graded social roles has broad implications for both the individual and society. The current meta-analysis examines the way in which personality traits relate to four such investments -- work, family, religion, and volunteerism. The present study uses meta-analytic techniques (K = 94) to identify the cross-sectional patterns of relationships between social investment in these four roles and the personality trait domains of agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability. Results show that the extent of investment in social roles across these domains is positively related to agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and low psychoticism. These findings are more robust when individuals are psychologically committed to rather than simply demographically associated with the investment role.
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- Authors
- Lodi-Smith, J., & Roberts, B. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- ORCID
- Roberts, Brent W.
- Venue
- Personality and Social Psychology Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2007-02
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 68-86
- ISSN
- 1088-8683 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7957
- OpenAlex
- W2155327326
- Cited by
- 513
- References
- 184
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Social Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (R01 AG21178, R01AG021178)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Keywords
- social investment, personality traits, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, psychoticism, household investment, volunteering, psychological commitment
- MeSH terms
- Attitude, Family, Humans, Personality, Religion, Social Behavior, Volunteers, Workplace
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