While previous research has shown that personality shapes social networks, we know very little about the relationship between these important psychological characteristics and the creation of social capital. In this article, we argue that personality shapes individuals’ ability to create social capital, and we predict positive associations between each of the Big Five personality traits and social capital. We tested our hypotheses using the Social Survey of the Networks of the Dutch, 2014, which contains data on about 1,069 respondents, including social capital and Big Five personality measures. Our findings showed that personality and social capital were related such that extraversion and openness predicted instrumental social capital, and extraversion, emotional stability, and agreeableness predicted expressive social capital. Conscientiousness benefited instrumental social capital when respondents were older or when social capital was accessed via weak ties. We discuss these findings in light of existing explanations of the creation of social capital.

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人格与社会资本。

尽管先前的研究表明人格塑造了社交网络，但我们对这些重要的心理特征与社会资本创造之间的关系知之甚少。在本文中，我们认为人格塑造了个人创造社会资本的能力，并且我们预测了五大人格特质与社会资本之间的正相关。我们使用2014年的《荷兰网络社会调查》检验了我们的假设，该调查包含约1,069名受访者的数据，包括社会资本和“五大”人格测度。我们的发现表明，人格与社会资本之间存在相关性，外向性和开放性可以预测工具性社会资本，而外向性，情绪稳定和愉悦性可以预测表达性社会资本。当受访者年纪较大或通过薄弱的关系获得社会资本时，尽职尽责会有益于工具性社会资本。我们根据社会资本创造的现有解释来讨论这些发现。