The big five personality traits and environmental engagement: Associations at the individual and societal level

By T. Milfont, Chris G. Sibley. 2012

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Unearthing the “Green” Personality (2016, background): “One study reported a significant effect for Conscientiousness, r = .14 (predicting electricity conservation; Milfont & Sibley, 2012, Study 2).”
The Big Five personality traits as antecedents of eco-friendly tourist behavior (2015, background): “Although these results do not fit with the most previous research on this subject (e.g., Fraj & Martinez, 2006; Milfont & Sibley, 2012), several other studies (e.g., Hirsh, 2010; Wiseman & Bogner, 2003) also found small but significant positive association between Neuroticism and environmentalism.”
Environmental psychology matters. (2014, background): “Openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness were strongly linked to environmental engagement across both persons and nations (Milfont & Sibley 2012).”
Socio-Structural and Psychological Foundations of Climate Change Beliefs (2015, background): “Extending these studies, Milfont and Sibley (2012) examined the associations between the Big-Five personality traits and pro-environmental engagement at the individual level of analyses (using national New Zealand samples) New Zealand Journal of Psychology Vol. 44, No. 1, March 2015• 20 • as well…”
Environmental sustainability and national personality (2014, methodology): “…and Openness are the most consistent personality trait predictors of environmental concern among individuals (Hirsh, 2010; Hirsh & Dolderman, 2007; Milfont & Sibley, 2012; Nisbet et al., 2009), it was hypothesized that populations with higher levels of Agreeableness and Openness would similarly…”
Development of the heteronormative attitudes and beliefs scale (2015, background): “…been observed to correlate with political attitudes and party affiliation (Konisky, Milyo, & Richardson, 2008; Olofsson & Öhman, 2006), with RWA (as cited above) and with personality characteristics such as agreeableness and OE (Markowitz, Goldberg, Ashton, & Lee, 2012; Milfont & Sibley, 2012).”
Exploring potential mechanisms involved in the relationship between eudaimonic wellbeing and nature connection (2017, neutral): “For example, recent research suggests that agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness to new experiences are the personality traits most strongly linked to environmental engagement, whereas extraversion and neuroticism are less so (Milfont & Sibley, 2012).”
Feelings for the Suffering of Others and the Environment (2016, neutral): “…of environmental concern, empathy, and feelings for nature) promotes engagement in proenvironmental tendencies (Gosling & Williams, 2010; Karpiak & Baril, 2008; Mayer & Frantz, 2004; Milfont & Sibley, 2012; Raymond, Brown, & Robinson, 2011; Schultz, 2001, 2002; Stern et al., 1993; Tam, 2013).”
The General Attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence Scale (GAAIS): Confirmatory Validation and Associations with Personality, Corporate Distrust, and General Trust (2022, result): “Because personality can predict many aspects of attitudes in a range of domains (e.g., McManus et al., 2004; Milfont, & Sibley, 2012), it was important to establish whether it had predictive value in relation to attitudes towards AI.”
Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: a review. (2014, background): “In a wide-ranging set of studies, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness were strongly linked to environmental engagement across both persons and nations (Milfont & Sibley, 2012).”
Feasible Options for Behavior Change Toward More Effective Ocean Literacy: A Systematic Review (2019, background): “In a wide-ranging set of studies, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness were strongly linked to environmental engagement across both individuals and nations (Milfont and Sibley, 2012).”
The relationship between materialistic values and environmental attitudes and behaviors: A meta-analysis (2013, neutral): “…1989), these materialism effect sizes are considerably larger than the effect sizes associated with personality traits, which tend to vary between a small to small-medium effect size, when they are present at all ( .10 to .20; e.g., Hirsh, 2010; Milfont & Sibley, 2012; Wiseman & Bogner, 2003).”