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View article: Regional Personality Variation in Sweden: Trait Clusters, Links to Health and Well‐Being, and Historical Context
Regional Personality Variation in Sweden: Trait Clusters, Links to Health and Well‐Being, and Historical Context Open
Personality traits (e.g., the Big Five) shape human behavior, decision‐making, and life outcomes. Evidence from various countries suggests that these traits are not randomly distributed but follow systematic regional patterns, fueling inte…
View article: Beyond age and generations: How considering period effects reshapes our understanding of personality change.
Beyond age and generations: How considering period effects reshapes our understanding of personality change. Open
Age, cohort, and period effects are three ways to explain personality trait change over time. While past research mostly focused on age differences, showing relatively consistent patterns, evidence for cohort differences is more mixed, and…
View article: Beyond Age and Generations: How Considering Period Effects Reshapes Our Understanding of Personality Change
Beyond Age and Generations: How Considering Period Effects Reshapes Our Understanding of Personality Change Open
Age, cohort, and period effects are three ways to explain personality trait change over time. While past research mostly focused on age differences, showing relatively consistent patterns, evidence for cohort differences is more mixed, and…
View article: Beyond Age and Generations: How Considering Period Effects Reshapes Our Understanding of Personality Change
Beyond Age and Generations: How Considering Period Effects Reshapes Our Understanding of Personality Change Open
Age, cohort, and period effects are three ways to explain personality trait change over time. While past research mostly focused on age differences, showing relatively consistent patterns, evidence for cohort differences is more mixed, and…
View article: Age as a Moderator of Gender/Sex Differences in Personality Traits Across Countries
Age as a Moderator of Gender/Sex Differences in Personality Traits Across Countries Open
This study examines how age moderates gender/sex differences in Five-Factor Model personality traits across cultures. Previous findings suggest that women generally score higher than men on these traits, with larger gender/sex gaps observe…
View article: What Are the Effects of Early Childhood Exposure to Environmental Lead on Personality?
What Are the Effects of Early Childhood Exposure to Environmental Lead on Personality? Open
In the first analysis purporting to causally link environmental pollution to personality, Schwaba and colleagues leveraged a natural experiment driven by the United States. They used the Clean Air Act to assess the impact of decreased atmo…
View article: Roma Eterna? Roman rule explains regional well-being divides in Germany
Roma Eterna? Roman rule explains regional well-being divides in Germany Open
In light of persistent regional inequalities in adaptive outcomes such as health, well-being, and related personality traits, psychological research is increasingly adopting a historical perspective to understand the deeper roots of these …
View article: Socioeconomic-Status Differences in Agentic and Communal Self-Concepts
Socioeconomic-Status Differences in Agentic and Communal Self-Concepts Open
Do people of different socioeconomic status differ in how they see themselves on the Big Two self-concept dimensions of agency and communion? Existent research relevant to this theoretically and socially important question has generally be…
View article: Corruption revisited: the influence of national personality, culture, and wealth
Corruption revisited: the influence of national personality, culture, and wealth Open
Corruption is often seen as one of the root causes of pressing national and global challenges. The persisting stark national differences in corruption levels and their potential causes have thus attracted growing interest from internationa…
View article: Innovation and inter-city knowledge spillovers: Social, geographical, and technological connectedness and psychological openness
Innovation and inter-city knowledge spillovers: Social, geographical, and technological connectedness and psychological openness Open
Knowledge spillovers across economic agents are central to the process of technological innovation. Yet, the mechanisms by which spillovers travel and manifest as innovation are poorly understood. To fill that gap, we study how knowledge s…
View article: The lay of the land: Associations between environmental features and personality
The lay of the land: Associations between environmental features and personality Open
Objective Personality traits cluster across countries, regions, cities, and neighborhoods. What drives the formation of these clusters? Ecological theory suggests that physical locations shape humans' patterns of behaviors and psychologica…
View article: Fear and deprivation in Trump’s America: A regional analysis of voting behavior in the 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential elections
Fear and deprivation in Trump’s America: A regional analysis of voting behavior in the 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential elections Open
Since Trump was elected U.S. President in 2016, researchers have sought to explain his support, with some focusing on structural factors (e.g., economics) and others focusing on psychological factors (e.g., negative emotions). We integrate…
View article: Regional personality differences predict variation in early COVID-19 infections and mobility patterns indicative of social distancing.
Regional personality differences predict variation in early COVID-19 infections and mobility patterns indicative of social distancing. Open
The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed stark regional variation in the spread of the virus. While previous research has highlighted the impact of regional differences in sociodemographic and economic factors, we argue that regi…
View article: Fear and deprivation in Trump's America: A regional analysis of voting behavior in the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections
Fear and deprivation in Trump's America: A regional analysis of voting behavior in the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections Open
PLEASE SEE THE PUBLISHED IN PERSONALITY SCIENCE (AN OPEN-ACCESS JOURNAL): https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.7447. Since Trump was elected U.S. President in 2016, researchers have sought to explain his support, with some focusing on structural fac…
View article: Person-culture personality fit: Dispositional traits and cultural context explain country-level personality profile conformity
Person-culture personality fit: Dispositional traits and cultural context explain country-level personality profile conformity Open
In general, people are influenced by the standards set forth by groups of others; however, the levels of such conformity vary between people and across cultures. Here, we investigated factors related to country-level personality profile co…
View article: Geographic variation in personality is associated with fertility across the United States
Geographic variation in personality is associated with fertility across the United States Open
Levels of fertility and the shape of the age-specific fertility schedule vary substantially across U.S. regions with some states having peak fertility relatively early and others relatively late. Structural institutions or economic factors…
View article: National religiosity eases the psychological burden of poverty
National religiosity eases the psychological burden of poverty Open
Significance According to a fundamental assumption in the social sciences, the burden of lower socioeconomic status (SES) is more severe in developing nations. In contrast to this assumption, recent research has shown that the burden of lo…
View article: The impact of childhood lead exposure on adult personality: Evidence from the United States, Europe, and a large-scale natural experiment
The impact of childhood lead exposure on adult personality: Evidence from the United States, Europe, and a large-scale natural experiment Open
Significance Childhood lead exposure causes lifelong psychological problems, which may be more extensive than previously thought. In a sample of over 1.5 million people, we found that US and European residents who grew up in areas with hig…
View article: The Well-Being Benefits of Person-Culture Match Are Contingent on Basic Personality Traits
The Well-Being Benefits of Person-Culture Match Are Contingent on Basic Personality Traits Open
People enjoy well-being benefits if their personal characteristics match those of their culture. This person-culture match effect is integral to many psychological theories and—as a driver of migration—carries much societal relevance. But …
View article: Regional personality differences predict variation in COVID-19 infections and social distancing behavior
Regional personality differences predict variation in COVID-19 infections and social distancing behavior Open
The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed stark regional variation in the spread of the virus. Combining self-reported personality data (3.5M people) with COVID-19 prevalence rates and behavioral mobility observations (29M people)…
View article: Associations between self-rated personality traits and automobile fatality rates across small geographic areas
Associations between self-rated personality traits and automobile fatality rates across small geographic areas Open
We explore how variation in fatal automobile crashes across small geographic areas is associated with geographic variation in self-rated psychological and behavioral characteristics. Specifically, estimates of ZIP-code-level automobile fat…
View article: The Well-Being Benefits of Person-Culture Match Are Contingent on Basic Personality Traits
The Well-Being Benefits of Person-Culture Match Are Contingent on Basic Personality Traits Open
People enjoy well-being benefits if their personal characteristics match those of their culture. This person-culture match effect is integral to many psychological theories and—as a driver of migration—carries much societal relevance. But …
View article: Challenges to capture the big five personality traits in non-WEIRD populations
Challenges to capture the big five personality traits in non-WEIRD populations Open
Commonly used personality questions fail to capture the intended personality traits in surveys in low- and middle-income countries.
View article: Reserved Northerners, Jovial Southerners, and Open Urbanites: Regional Personality Differences in Germany
Reserved Northerners, Jovial Southerners, and Open Urbanites: Regional Personality Differences in Germany Open
© 2019 Hogrefe Verlag. The study and explanation of regional personality differences is a central research topic in geographical psychology. Such research on regional "mentalities" can inform, for example, studies examining socioeconomic t…
View article: The geography of music preferences
The geography of music preferences Open
Considerable attention has been paid to America’s political and economic divides. These divides revolve around class and location, with more affluent, more educated and denser places leaning more open-minded and liberal and less affluent, …
View article: Regionale Unterschiede der Verteilung von Personen mit unternehmerischem Persönlichkeitsprofil in Deutschland – ein Überblick
Regionale Unterschiede der Verteilung von Personen mit unternehmerischem Persönlichkeitsprofil in Deutschland – ein Überblick Open
Recent research has found clear indications of regional differences in the personality traits of the population. Such regional differences may significantly contribute to explaining regional development. We provide an overview of regional …
View article: In the shadow of coal: How large-scale industries contributed to present-day regional differences in personality and well-being.
In the shadow of coal: How large-scale industries contributed to present-day regional differences in personality and well-being. Open
Recent research has identified regional variation of personality traits within countries but we know little about the underlying drivers of this variation. We propose that the Industrial Revolution, as a key era in the history of industria…
View article: Agency culture, constitutional provisions and entrepreneurship: a cross-country analysis
Agency culture, constitutional provisions and entrepreneurship: a cross-country analysis Open
Substantial and systematic cross-country variation in entrepreneurship rates has been found in various studies. We attempt to explain such differences focusing on the interaction between institutional factors and population psychological c…