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Personality and Social Psychology Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, 68-86 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1088868306294590

Social Investment and Personality: A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship of Personality Traits to Investment in Work, Family, Religion, and Volunteerism

Jennifer Lodi-Smith

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Brent W. Roberts

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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.

Key Words: social investment • personality structure • volunteerism


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