Nation's 'personality' influences its environmental stewardship, shows new study

Saturday, October 25, 2014 - 03:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Countries with higher levels of compassion and openness score better when it comes to environmental sustainability, says research. "We used to think that personality only mattered for individual outcomes," says the author, "but we're finding that population differences in personality characteristics have many large-scale consequences."

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