Resilient personality of cities could help in a recession

(Society for Personality and Social Psychology) New research has found a robust correlation between the personality of cities and their resilience to economic recessions. The study -- the first of its kind -- surveyed personality traits of over 1.3 million individuals in the US and Great Britain. Residents of cities that fared well during a recession had strong emotional stability, openness to new experiences, high conscientiousness, and low levels of agreeableness. Researchers suggest re-thinking economic resilience by considering personality and not just infrastructure.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news