The Five Factor Model of personality and social support: A meta-analysis

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relation between the Big Five personality traits and social support. Method: Data for the meta-analysis were collected from 72 studies, which included 84 independent samples, 624 effect sizes, and 37 678 participants. Results: Lower neuroticism and higher extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness were associated with greater perceived availability of social support. Higher extraversion was related to greater perceived received social support. The personality traits-social support relationship was stronger for samples reporting perceived availability of social support from many people than it was for samples reporting perceived availability of social support from concrete people. Conclusion: The study extends current knowledge on the associations between personality traits and social support. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.