TY - JOUR
T1 - Social investment and personality
T2 - A meta-analysis of the relationship of personality traits to investment in work, family, religion, and volunteerism
AU - Lodi-Smith, Jennifer
AU - Roberts, Brent W.
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Personality structure
KW - Social investment
KW - Volunteerism
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U2 - 10.1177/1088868306294590
DO - 10.1177/1088868306294590
M3 - Article
C2 - 18453456
AN - SCOPUS:34547281778
SN - 1088-8683
VL - 11
SP - 68
EP - 86
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Review
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Review
IS - 1
ER -