Personality and environmental concern

By Jacob B Hirsh. 2010

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Mini-IPIP6: Validation and extension of a short measure of the Big-Six factors of personality in New Zealand. (2011, background): “In one of the few studies in this area, Hirsh (2010) reported that Openness and Agreeableness were the Big-Five dimensions most strongly associated with environmental concern.”
Examining the influences of experience, personality and attitude on SCUBA divers' underwater behaviour: A structural equation model (2012, background): “Specifically, numerous studies also show that pro-environmental attitudes are related to agreeableness and openness to experience (Hirsh, 2010; Hirsh & Dolderman, 2007; Schultz, 2000; Schultz & Zelezny, 1999).”
The relationship between materialistic values and environmental attitudes and behaviors: A meta-analysis (2013, neutral): “Further, Kasser (2011b) reported that countrieswhose citizens place relatively higher priority on these types of values (i.”
Environmental sustainability and national personality (2014, background): “A growing body of research has also implicated basic personality traits as a source of individual differences in environmental concern and sustainable actions (Hirsh, 2010; Hirsh & Dolderman, 2007; Markowitz, Goldberg, Ashton, & Lee, 2012; Milfont & Sibley, 2012).”
Sex, Personality, and Sustainable Consumer Behaviour: Elucidating the Gender Effect (2012, background): “As discussed above, Hirsh (2010) did not analyse the GSOEP data to determine whether personality mediates the relationship between sex and environmental concern.”
Environmental psychology matters. (2014, background): “In a German study, greater openness and greater agreeableness and, to a lesser extent, more conscientiousness and less emotional stability were associated with greater environmental concern (Hirsh 2010).”
Promoting connectedness with nature through environmental education (2013, background): “Two potential causes may underlie this kind of pattern: (1) High-academic-achievement pupils have higher cognitive abilities, which Hirsh (2010) considered to be associated with openness.”
Feasible Options for Behavior Change Toward More Effective Ocean Literacy: A Systematic Review (2019, background): “different studies, greater environmental concern was related to greater openness and agreeableness (the tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic toward others) (Hirsh, 2010; Klein et al., 2019).”
Socio-Structural and Psychological Foundations of Climate Change Beliefs (2015, background): “Belief in climate change was also stronger for those who endorse altruistic and openness values and who were high in personality trait levels of Agreeableness and Openness to Experience.”
The Big Five personality traits as antecedents of eco-friendly tourist behavior (2015, background): “Although some studies have recently examined environmental engagement from the personality perspective (e.g., Fraj & Martinez, 2006; Hirsh, 2010; Wiseman & Bogner, 2003), there is a scarcity of research on the associations between personality traits and environmentally responsible behavior in a…”
Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: a review. (2014, background): “In a study of Germans, greater environmental concern was related not only to greater openness, but also to greater agreeableness (the tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others; Hirsh, 2010).”
Unearthing the “Green” Personality (2016, background): “Two studies reported small or inconsistent effects of Conscientiousness on environmental concern (Hirsh, 2010) and self-reported environmental behavior (Markowitz et al., 2012); another report contained one study with no effect on behavior and a second with a moderate relationship, r = .22 (Hilbig…”
Are you an energy saver at home? The personality insights of household energy conservation behaviors based on theory of planned behavior (2021, result): “The results report that positive householders have the best performance in energy-saving behavior, consistent with previous pro-environmental studies ’ conclusions (Brick and Lewis, 2016; He and Veronesi, 2017; Hirsh, 2010).”