Personality profiles and political regions: A latent profile analysis approach

Current research in ecological and social psychology Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100188

Tianfang Yang , Xiaowen Xu

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Big Five personality traits have been consistently shown to be important predictors of political differences. Other work found that political differences are related to geographical differences in personality. The present study extended existing work by examining the numbers and features of distinct personality profiles within different political regions of the United States using latent profile analysis (LPA). Across two large datasets (total N > 6,000), we found that while all regions shared similar numbers (3–5 profiles per region) and some overlapping patterns of personality profiles (e.g., well-adapted individuals), different political regions also showed unique personality profile patterns (e.g., “Worrisome Liberals”, “Rigid & Antisocial”). Overall, these results provide initial evidence suggesting that different personality profiles may exist among different political regions of the US, and offer insights on the interplay between personality, political ideology, and geographical differences.

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人格特征与政治区域：潜在特征分析方法

大五人格特质一直被证明是预测政治差异的重要因素。其他研究发现，政治差异与人格的地域差异有关。本研究扩展了现有的研究工作，使用潜在人格特征分析（LPA）方法研究了美国不同政治区域内不同人格特征的数量和特征。在两个大型数据集（总人数为 6,000 人）中，我们发现，虽然所有地区都有相似的人格特征数量（每个地区 3-5 个）和一些重叠的人格特征模式（如适应良好的个体），但不同的政治地区也表现出独特的人格特征模式（如 "令人担忧的自由主义者"、"僵化的反社会者"）。总之，这些结果提供了初步证据，表明美国不同政治地区可能存在不同的人格特征，并为人格、政治意识形态和地域差异之间的相互作用提供了启示。

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