Highly Agreeable People Are More Likely to Overestimate Weather Risks

Poster Session I

Keyword: Climate Change

Abstract: Personality traits can shape how people perceive severe weather threats. Our study examined whether the big-5 personality traits predict perceptions of weather-related risks. Results of surveying 503 adults showed that severe weather phobia was the strongest predictor of risk overestimation. Agreeableness also significantly predicted overestimation of tornado death risks.

• Alireza (Allan) Jamshidi (Presenting Author)
• Belisa Kershaw (Author)
• Kristine Jacquin (Author)