The Big Five Offers Only a Weak Prediction of Politics, Regardless of the Approach

Rok, strany: 2023, 197 - 212

The present study examines the Big Five traits and socio-demographic factors as predictors of both traditional left-right and liberal-conservative positions of Slovak voters (N = 704). As shown in previous research, Open-Mindedness and Conscientiousness are significant but weak predictors of both political axes, while Agreeableness plays a surprising role in predicting left-right orientation. To overcome the limitations of traditional political axes, three latent variables of the Slovak political space were discovered by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of political preferences: sympathy towards old/new government, socially conservative parties, and a non-populist coalition. The former is significantly predicted by Open-Mindedness, while the latter is predicted by Conscientiousness. Overall, the Big Five traits predict a small but significant variance in political variables.

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Uhrovič, F., Halama, P., Kohút, M., Martinkovič, M. 2023. The Big Five Offers Only a Weak Prediction of Politics, Regardless of the Approach. In Studia Psychologica, vol. 65, no.3, pp. 197-212. 0039-3320. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.03.875

APA:

Uhrovič, F., Halama, P., Kohút, M., Martinkovič, M. (2023). The Big Five Offers Only a Weak Prediction of Politics, Regardless of the Approach. Studia Psychologica, 65(3), 197-212. 0039-3320. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.03.875

Vydavateľ: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slova

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