The Relations between Parental Socioeconomic Status, Personality, and Life Outcomes

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Ayoub, Mona; Gosling, Samuel D.; Potter, Jeff; Shanahan, Michael J.; & Roberts, Brent W. (2018). The Relations between Parental Socioeconomic Status, Personality, and Life Outcomes. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9(3), 338-352.

Abstract

Studies have shown that cognitive ability is correlated with parental socioeconomic status (pSES). However, little is known about the correlation between personality and pSES. To better understand this relation, we conducted a meta-analysis of the correlations between pSES and personality traits and temperament dimensions. The correlations were generally very small with the exception of the correlation between pSES and openness to experience. Our results were replicated in a large (N = 2,183,377) data set of self-reported personality scores collected online. Using this data set, we also examined the interaction between pSES and personality on attained education and socioeconomic status. We found evidence for the resource substitution hypothesis, which proposes that personality compensates for background disadvantage.

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https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550617707018

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Journal Article

Year Published

2018

Journal Title

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Author(s)

Ayoub, Mona
Gosling, Samuel D.
Potter, Jeff
Shanahan, Michael J.
Roberts, Brent W.