Profiling the "pro-environmental individual": a personality perspective.

ABSTRACT: There is considerable scientific interest in the psychological correlates of pro-environmental behaviors. Much research has focused on demographic and social-psychological characteristics of individuals who consistently perform such actions. Here, we report the results of 2 studies in which we explored relations between broad personality traits and pro-environmental actions. Using a wide variety of behavior and personality measures, we consistently found moderate positive relations between Openness to Experience and pro-environmental activities in both a community sample (Study 1: N = 778) and an undergraduate student sample (Study 2: N = 115). In Study 2, we showed that the effect of Openness on pro-environmental behaviors was fully mediated by individuals' environmental attitudes and con

SUBMITTER: Markowitz EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3188340 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature