Personality Traits and Personal Values: A Meta-Analysis
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Personality traits and personal values are important psychological characteristics, serving as important predictors of many outcomes. Yet, they are frequently studied separately, leaving the field with a limited understanding of their relationships. We review existing perspectives regarding the nature of the relationships between traits and values and provide a conceptual underpinning for understanding the strength of these relationships. Using 60 studies, we present a meta-analysis of the relationships between the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality traits and the Schwartz values, and demonstrate consistent and theoretically meaningful relationships. However, these relationships were not generally large, demonstrating that traits and values are distinct constructs. We find support for our premise that more cognitively based traits are more strongly related to values and more emotionally based traits are less strongly related to values. Findings also suggest that controlling for personal scale-use tendencies in values is advisable.
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In humans, conscientiousness is meta-analytically related to the human values of achievement, conformity and security.
“In humans, conscientiousness is meta-analytically related to the human values of achievement, conformity and security24.”
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- Authors
- Parks-Leduc, L., Feldman, G., & Bardi, A.
- Affiliations
- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HK)
- Royal Holloway University of London (GB)
- Venue
- Personality and Social Psychology Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-06-24
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-29
- ISSN
- 1088-8683 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7957
- OpenAlex
- W2142409428
- Cited by
- 622
- References
- 146
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 68 · 2023: 61 · 2022: 59 · 2021: 86 · 2020: 102 · 2019: 50 · 2018: 38 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 29 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 6
- FWCI
- 30.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Social Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- personality traits, personal values, Big Five personality traits, Schwartz values
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Models, Psychological, Personality, Social Values
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