Personality traits and the propensity to protest: a cross-national analysis

IF 0.6 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Asian Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI:10.1080/02185377.2020.1814365

Yi-Bin Chang, D. Weng, Ching-Hsing Wang

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of the Big Five personality traits on individual protest behaviour in cross-national context. Past studies on the relationships between personality traits and political participation have mainly focused on a single country and found inconsistent results. Using the most recent wave of the World Values Survey, this study investigates the impact of personality on individual protest participation in 20 countries using the multilevel modelling. This study provides evidence that higher levels of agreeableness, emotional stability, and openness to experience are significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of protest participation. More importantly, this study demonstrates that contextual factors can interact with personality traits to influence individual protest participation. This study suggests that the effects of personality traits on individual protest participation disparate from country to country and each country may attribute the differing results to its particular political context.

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人格特征与抗议倾向的跨民族分析

摘要本研究考察了跨国背景下五大人格特质对个体抗议行为的影响。过去关于人格特质与政治参与关系的研究主要集中在一个国家，并且发现了不一致的结果。本研究利用最新一波的世界价值观调查，使用多层次模型调查了20个国家的个性对个人抗议参与的影响。本研究提供的证据表明，较高水平的亲和性、情绪稳定性和经验开放性与抗议参与可能性的降低显著相关。更重要的是，本研究表明，情境因素可以与人格特质相互作用，影响个体的抗议参与。这项研究表明，人格特质对个人抗议参与的影响因国家而异，每个国家可能将不同的结果归因于其特定的政治背景。

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Asian Journal of Political Science POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： Asian Journal of Political Science ( AJPS) is an international refereed journal affiliated to the Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University. Published since 1993, AJPS is a leading journal on Asian politics and governance. It publishes high-quality original articles in major areas of political science, including comparative politics, political thought, international relations, public policy, and public administration, with specific reference to Asian regions and countries. AJPS aims to address some of the most contemporary political and administrative issues in Asia (especially in East, South, and Southeast Asia) at the local, national, and global levels. The journal can be of great value to academic experts, researchers, and students in the above areas of political science as well as to practical policy makers, state institutions, and international agencies.