No evidence of a curvilinear relation between conscientiousness and relationship, work, and health outcomes

• Main Authors: Nickel, Lauren B., Roberts, Brent W., Chernyshenko, Oleksandr S.
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Conscientiousness; Personality
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151415
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Across 2 studies and 4 samples (Ns = 8,332, 2,136, 4,963, and 753, respectively), we tested whether the relation between conscientiousness and variables associated with important aspects of individuals’ lives were curvilinear such that being high on conscientiousness was manifestly negative. Across...