title: Personality traits and personal values: a meta-analysis.
abstract: Personality traits and personal values are important psychological characteristics, serving as important predictors of many outcomes. Yet, they are frequently studied separately, leaving the field with a limited understanding of their relationships. We review existing perspectives regarding the nature of the relationships between traits and values and provide a conceptual underpinning for understanding the strength of these relationships. Using 60 studies, we present a meta-analysis of the relationships between the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality traits and the Schwartz values, and demonstrate consistent and theoretically meaningful relationships. However, these relationships were not generally large, demonstrating that traits and values are distinct constructs. We find support for our premise that more cognitively based traits are more strongly related to values and more emotionally based traits are less strongly related to values. Findings also suggest that controlling for personal scale-use tendencies in values is advisable.
authors: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA leduclm@jmu.edu.
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Parks-Leduc
authors: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong.
authors: Gilad
authors: G
authors: Feldman
authors: Royal Holloway University of London, Surrey, UK.
authors: Anat
authors: A
authors: Bardi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D012945:Social Values
keywords: meta-analysis; personal values; personality traits