HEXACO personality dimensions as predictors of environmental attitudes, socio-moral orientations, and climate change beliefs.

ABSTRACT: In this article, we investigate which personality dimensions provide a common psychological basis for environmental measures and socio-moral orientations (e.g., feeling connected to others, perceiving the environmental problem as moral). In a cross-sectional study (N = 634), we explored the associations between the HEXACO dimensions and a wide range of environmental measures as well as socio-moral orientations related to environmentalism. We found that Openness to Experience was the most prominent predictor of environmental measures, socio-moral orientations, and the belief that climate change is caused by human activity. We further provide a comprehensive overview of how each personality dimension connects socio-moral orientations and environmental measures, highlighting the multif

SUBMITTER: Drosinou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12616036 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature