人格特征和传统慈善事业:一个系统的审查和元分析
Wiebke Bleidorn1, Alexander G Stahlmann1, Ulrich Orth2
1Department of Psychology, University of Zurich.
Journal of personality and social psychology
|April 17, 2025
概括
这一元分析揭示了五大个性特征与志愿者和慈善捐赠等慈善行为之间的温和但强有力的联系. 外向和和性显示出与这些亲社会行为最强烈的关联.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
背景情况:
- 志愿服务和慈善捐赠是社会健康和个人福祉的关键.
- 心理因素影响慈善参与,人格特征是关键的兴趣领域.
- 之前关于人格特征和慈善事业的研究由于方法的变化和有限的统计能力,产生了混合的结果.
研究的目的:
- 进行预先注册的元分析,以估计五大个性特征与志愿服务和慈善捐赠之间的关联.
- 检查潜在的调节因素 (例如,使用的措施,人口统计学,地区),可以解释效应大小的异质性.
- 提供一个强大的,整合的理解人格和亲社会行为之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 一个元分析,整合了29项研究的数据.
- 涉及大量志愿者 (N = 91,241) 和慈善捐赠 (N = 3,559) 的样本.
- 检查了五大个性特征 (开放,良心,外向,愉悦,神经主义) 和慈善行为之间的关联,同时探索调节者效应.
主要成果:
- 在五大性格特征与志愿者和慈善捐赠之间发现了温和但统计学上强大的相关性.
- 外向显示了志愿服务的最大效果大小 (r = .09).
- 对慈善捐赠的效果大小最大的是可接受性 (r = .14),对系统的调节者效应的证据很少.
结论:
- 人格特征,特别是外向和愉悦,始终与慈善事业的参与有关,尽管很温和.
- 这些发现强调了人格在理解亲社会行为的重要性.
- 未来的研究应该解决识别的文献差距,并进一步探索理论和实践的影响.
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