Dataset for the Study: Personality Predispositions to Higher-Order Motivations of Morality and Frugality for Pro-Environmental Behavior.

This dataset was used in the study: "Personality Predispositions to Higher-Order Motivations of Morality and Frugality for Pro-Environmental Behavior". The study investigated which personality traits make someone predisposed to morality motivation, and which - to frugality motivation for pro-environmental behavior (PEB), as these are two of the strongest motivations for PEB. We hypothesized that openness to experience and agreeableness are positively associated with morality motivation for PEB, while conscientiousness is positively associated with frugality motivation for PEB. Assuming these hypotheses hold, we further hypothesized that individuals high in openness and agreeableness but low in conscientiousness are more likely to be motivated by morality than frugality for PEB. Inversely, individuals low in openness and agreeableness but high in conscientiousness are more likely to be motivated by frugality than morality for PEB. Data was collected and analyzed from a sample of 204 Russians. This dataset contains data on the big-5 personality traits (extraversion-3 items, agreeableness-5 items, conscientiousness-4 items, openness-6 items, neuroticism-5 items); morality motivation for PEB (4 items); frugality motivation for PEB (4 items); and socio-demographics (age, gender, level of education, income). The results from a series of multiple regression analyses predicting morality and frugality motivation for PEB (predictors: age, income, & the big-5 traits), indicated that openness and agreeableness had a positive association with morality motivation, while conscientiousness had a positive association with frugality motivation for PEB. The result from moderation analysis indicated that agreeableness interacted with openness to predict morality motivation for PEB: the positive association between agreeableness and morality motivation was stronger when the individuals were higher in openness. Furthermore, the participants were sorted and grouped according to their percentile range on the variables: openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Two groups of different personality profiles were created: (1) high openness (≥ 60th percentile) and high agreeableness (≥ 60th percentile) but low conscientiousness (i.e., ≤ 50th percentile) (N=35). And, (2) low openness (≤ 40th percentile) and low agreeableness (≤ 40th percentile) but high conscientiousness (≥ 50th percentile) (N = 29). The data files for both groups are available in this dataset. Each of the 2 groups was assessed on which of morality and frugality motivation for PEB they are more predisposed to. Results from a pair of Wilcoxon signed-rank tests revealed that individuals high in openness and agreeableness but low in conscientiousness scored higher on morality as compared to frugality motivation for PEB. On the other hand, individuals low in openness and agreeableness but high in conscientiousness scored higher on frugality as compared to morality motivation for PEB.本数据集用于题为《亲环境行为中道德与节俭高阶动机的人格倾向》的研究。该研究旨在探究哪些人格特质会使人倾向于亲环境行为（pro-environmental behavior, PEB）的道德动机，哪些特质会使人倾向于其节俭动机——二者均为亲环境行为最具影响力的两类动机。本研究提出初始假设：经验开放性与宜人性与亲环境行为的道德动机呈正相关，而尽责性则与亲环境行为的节俭动机呈正相关。在此基础上，本研究进一步提出假设：兼具高经验开放性、高宜人性与低尽责性的个体，其亲环境行为的动机更偏向道德而非节俭；反之，低经验开放性、低宜人性但高尽责性的个体，其亲环境行为动机则更偏向节俭而非道德。本研究从204名俄罗斯被试中收集并分析了相关数据。本数据集包含以下几类数据：五大人格特质（Big-5 personality traits）数据（外倾性：3个条目，宜人性：5个条目，尽责性：4个条目，经验开放性：6个条目，神经质：5个条目）、亲环境行为道德动机量表数据（4个条目）、亲环境行为节俭动机量表数据（4个条目），以及社会人口学信息（年龄、性别、受教育水平、收入）。一系列以年龄、收入与五大人格特质为预测变量，预测亲环境行为道德与节俭动机的多元回归分析结果显示：经验开放性与宜人性与道德动机呈正相关，尽责性则与亲环境行为的节俭动机呈正相关。调节效应分析结果表明，宜人性与经验开放性对亲环境行为的道德动机存在交互作用：当个体的经验开放性水平越高时，宜人性与道德动机之间的正相关关系越强。此外，研究人员根据经验开放性、宜人性与尽责性三个变量的百分位区间对被试进行分组，构建了两类具有不同人格画像的群体：（1）高经验开放性（≥第60百分位）、高宜人性（≥第60百分位）且低尽责性（≤第50百分位）组（N=35）；（2）低经验开放性（≤第40百分位）、低宜人性（≤第40百分位）且高尽责性（≥第50百分位）组（N=29）。本数据集包含这两组的全部数据文件。针对两组被试分别评估其亲环境行为更偏向道德还是节俭动机。威尔科克森符号秩检验（Wilcoxon signed-rank test）结果显示：高经验开放性、高宜人性但低尽责性的个体，其亲环境行为的道德动机得分显著高于节俭动机得分；反之，低经验开放性、低宜人性但高尽责性的个体，其亲环境行为的节俭动机得分显著高于道德动机得分。