Personality traits, migration intentions, and cultural distance

Fouarge, Didier; Özer, Merve Nezihe; Seegers, Philipp

doi:10.1111/pirs.12468

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“…Different studies have investigated this phenomenon in contemporary populations. Fouarge et al investigated the relationship between the big personality traits and individuals’ migration intentions and found that extraversion positively associates with the intention to migrate [ 27 ]. This underlies that psychic costs associated with migration differ across individuals as their personality traits affect how much they perceive these costs under an environmental stress.…”

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A common copy-number variant within SIRPB1 correlates with human Out-of-Africa migration after genetic drift correction

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Previous reports have proposed that personality may have played a role on human Out-Of-Africa migration, pinpointing some genetic variants that were positively selected in the migrating populations. In this work, we discuss the role of a common copy-number variant within the SIRPB1 gene, recently associated with impulsive behavior, in the human Out-Of-Africa migration. With the analysis of the variant distribution across forty-two different populations, we found that the SIRPB1 haplotype containing duplicated allele significantly correlated with human migratory distance, being one of the few examples of positively selected loci found across the human world colonization. Circular Chromosome Conformation Capture (4C-seq) experiments from the SIRPB1 promoter revealed important 3D modifications in the locus depending on the presence or absence of the duplication variant. In addition, a 3’ enhancer showed neural activity in transgenic models, suggesting that the presence of the CNV may compromise the expression of SIRPB1 in the central nervous system, paving the way to construct a molecular explanation of the SIRPB1 variants role in human migration.

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A common copy-number variant within SIRPB1 correlates with human Out-of-Africa migration after genetic drift correction

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“…Moreover, studies by Teichert et al 2018, Hooijen et al (2017) and Imeraj et al (2017) point to components other than economic factors, such as how long one has been living in an area, the importance of familiarity with the region, the quality of life, and social networks underlying spatial mobility, or the intention to be spatially mobile. In addition, Fouarge et al (2019) study the intention to emigrate after graduation, using a German sample that takes into account the role of personality traits. They find that students scoring high on openness to experience and extraversion are more likely to have the intention to emigrate after graduation, in contrast to more conscientious and agreeable students.…”

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“…This result is in line with the features of agreeableness, since they convey friendly, trusting, and kind personalities (Ashton, 2007). Lastly, high scorers on agreeableness tend to be less geographically mobile ( Fouarge et al, 2019;Rentfrow & Jokela, 2016;Jokela, 2009). characteristics, such as being organized, efficient, self-disciplined, and compliant (Ashton, 2007).…”

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“…Lastly, for German students who intend to emigrate, extraversion has a negative correlation with having the intention to move to a more culturally remote country. Moreover, these students are more likely to move to countries where either German or English is the official language (Fouarge et al, 2019).…”

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“…2. Fouarge et al (2019) use a sample of German students to study the probability of having the intention of emigrating and the likelihood of choosing a culturally remote location for different personality traits.…”

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Depression, anxiety, stress levels and five‐factor personality traits as predictors of clinical medical students' migration intention: A cross‐sectional study of brain drain

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2023

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Physician migration has a profound impact on healthcare systems and can be caused by many reasons. One of the most important healthcare‐related problems in Turkey recently is the increasing migration trends of physicians. Although many studies have investigated physician migration's social and political determinants, the psychological factors that may yield this trend have not been adequately studied. It is aimed to examine the relationship between clinical term medical students' intention to migrate and temporary factors such as depression, anxiety, stress, as well as persistent factors such as personality traits in this study. After questioning the migration intentions and possible related determinants of 575 students participating in our study, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale‐21 and Five‐Factor Personality Inventory were applied. While 46.3% of the participants had the intention to migrate, 53.7% planned to live in Turkey in the long term. Higher depression and stress levels are significantly associated with migratory intention. Identifying oneself as man, having a partner, high‐stress levels, high openness, and low agreeableness traits were found to be major predictors of migration intention. Our study shows that besides many sociological studies on this subject, the investigation of psychological factors has an important role to understand the recent physician migration.

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Personality traits, migration intentions, and cultural distance

Cited by 38 publications

References 74 publications

A common copy-number variant within SIRPB1 correlates with human Out-of-Africa migration after genetic drift correction

A common copy-number variant within SIRPB1 correlates with human Out-of-Africa migration after genetic drift correction

The geographical psychology of recent graduates in the Netherlands: Relating enviornmental factors and personality traits to location choice

Depression, anxiety, stress levels and five‐factor personality traits as predictors of clinical medical students' migration intention: A cross‐sectional study of brain drain

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