TY - JOUR
T1 - No evidence of a curvilinear relation between conscientiousness and relationship, work, and health outcomes
AU - Nickel, Lauren B.
AU - Roberts, Brent W.
AU - Chernyshenko, Oleksandr S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Psychological Association.
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - Across 2 studies and 4 samples (Ns = 8,332, 2,136, 4,963, and 753, respectively), we tested whether the relation between conscientiousness and variables associated with important aspects of individuals' lives were curvilinear such that being high on conscientiousness was manifestly negative. Across multiple outcomes including measures of health, well-being, relationship satisfaction, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship, we found no evidence for a systematic curvilinear relation between conscientiousness and these outcomes. Furthermore, heeding the call to use more sophisticated psychometric modeling of the conscientiousness spectrum, we used different types of scale construction and scoring methods (i.e., dominance and ideal point) and again found no evidence of curvilinear relationships between conscientiousness and the aforementioned variables. We discuss the potential reasons for the inconsistency with past research.
AB - Across 2 studies and 4 samples (Ns = 8,332, 2,136, 4,963, and 753, respectively), we tested whether the relation between conscientiousness and variables associated with important aspects of individuals' lives were curvilinear such that being high on conscientiousness was manifestly negative. Across multiple outcomes including measures of health, well-being, relationship satisfaction, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship, we found no evidence for a systematic curvilinear relation between conscientiousness and these outcomes. Furthermore, heeding the call to use more sophisticated psychometric modeling of the conscientiousness spectrum, we used different types of scale construction and scoring methods (i.e., dominance and ideal point) and again found no evidence of curvilinear relationships between conscientiousness and the aforementioned variables. We discuss the potential reasons for the inconsistency with past research.
KW - Conscientiousness
KW - Ideal point
KW - Nonlinear relationships
KW - Personality
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U2 - 10.1037/pspp0000176
DO - 10.1037/pspp0000176
M3 - Article
C2 - 29543491
AN - SCOPUS:85043498730
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 116
SP - 296
EP - 312
JO - Journal of personality and social psychology
JF - Journal of personality and social psychology
IS - 2
ER -