Table 2.
Correlations between risk dimensions and personality traits in the total sample of workers.
| Risk Dimension | Personality – Big Five | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extraversion | Agreeableness | Consciousness | Emotional Stability | Openness | |
| Voluntariness of risk | .061 | .141 | .298** | .248* | .249* |
| Immediacy of damage | -.041 | .012 | .059 | .247* | .304** |
| Personal knowledge of risk | -.036 | .129 | -.007 | .306** | -.319** |
| Science’s knowledge of risk | .222* | .227* | -.103 | .011 | -.109 |
| Risk Control | -.039 | -.372*** | -.300** | .072 | -.272** |
| Risk knowledge | .171 | -.115 | .127 | .024 | -.033 |
| Pervasiveness of the damage | -.033 | .091 | -.167 | .076 | -.329*** |
| Common risk | .038 | -.249* | -.133 | -.319** | -.348** |
| Severity of consequences | .182 | .020 | -.355*** | -.272** | -.353*** |
| Threat to future generations | .176 | .153 | -.267* | .097 | -.374*** |
| Controllability of risk severity | -.227* | -.015 | .016 | .025 | -.221* |
| Observability of damage | -.213* | -.216* | .001 | -.265* | -.430*** |
| Personal exposure to risk | -.084 | -.324** | -.174 | .219* | -.335** |
| Collective risk exposure | .066 | .143 | -.016 | .132 | -.101 |
* p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001.