Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Br J Psychol. 2011 Aug;102(3):546-58. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2011.02016.x. Epub 2011 Apr 6.
Research on the association of personality to political orientation has suggested that direct influences are modest. Here we used a personality system model in which direct influences on political behaviour flow from moral values, with personality mostly acting on these characteristic moral adaptations, rather than directly affecting political attitudes. Study 1 in 447 subjects supported this model, with significant effects on political orientation flowing from four of the five-factor model personality domains, but largely mediated through moral values concerning the importance of group order and individual rights. This personality system model was replicated in an independent study (n= 476) using a US sample and including a different measure of politics. Both studies support predictions that personality has significant effects on political attitudes, but that these are exerted largely via moral values. These findings help to explain inconsistencies in previous studies attempting to link personality to political orientation that have not included the intermediary level of values.
人格与政治取向的关系研究表明，直接影响是适度的。在这里，我们使用了一种人格系统模型，其中对政治行为的直接影响来自道德价值观，而人格主要作用于这些特征性的道德适应，而不是直接影响政治态度。在 447 名受试者的研究 1 中支持了这一模型，五因素模型人格领域中的四个领域对政治取向有显著影响，但主要通过与群体秩序和个人权利的重要性有关的道德价值观来实现。这一人格系统模型在一项独立的研究（n=476）中得到了复制，该研究使用了美国样本，并包含了不同的政治度量标准。这两项研究都支持了这样的预测，即人格对政治态度有显著影响，但这些影响主要是通过道德价值观来实现的。这些发现有助于解释以前试图将人格与政治取向联系起来的研究中存在的不一致性，这些研究没有包括价值观的中介水平。
