RT Journal Article
T1 More than personality: How emotional intelligence moderates the association of personality traits and adolescents' pro-environmental behaviour
A1 Lisboa, Paulo Vítor
A1 Gómez Román, Cristina
A1 Vila Tojo, Sergio
A1 Carrus, Giuseppe
A1 Monteiro, Ana Paula
K1 Pro-environmental behaviourAdolescentsPersonalityEmotional intelligence
K1 Pro-environmental behaviour
K1 Adolescents
K1 Personality
K1 Emotional intelligence
AB Personality traits have been associated with adolescents' pro-environmental behaviour, but findings remain inconsistent. This variability suggests that the strength to which personality traits are associated to pro-environmental behaviour may be influenced by other psychological variables. This study explored whether emotional intelligence played a moderator role in the relationship between personality traits and pro-environmental behaviour in a sample of 1855 Portuguese adolescents (Mage = 14.52 years, SDage = 1.76 years, 49,2% female). Results showed that all personality traits, except neuroticism, were significantly positively associated with pro-environmental behaviour. Furthermore, emotional intelligence, defined as an individual's ability to perceive, understand, and manage emotions both in themselves and others, moderated the relationship between extraversion and agreeableness and pro-environmental behaviour, such that higher emotional intelligence strengthened the positive association between these traits and adolescents' pro-environmental behaviour. These findings underscore the role of personality in shaping adolescents' pro-environmental tendencies and suggest that emotional intelligence may act as a useful psychological resource to enhance pro-environmental behaviour, particularly among more extraverted and agreeable youth.
PB Elsevier
YR 2026
FD 2026-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46842
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46842
LA eng
NO Lisboa, P. V., Gómez-Román, C., Vila-Tojo, S., Carrus, G., & Monteiro, A. P. (2026). More than personality: How emotional intelligence moderates the association of personality traits and adolescents' pro-environmental behaviour. Personality and Individual Differences, 256, 113724. 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113724
NO Conten diversas graficas
NO The second and third authors would like to thank Consellería de Educación, Ciencia, Universidades e Formación Profesional for the grants ED431B 2022/35 and ED481B_040.
DS Minerva
RD 6 may 2026