Kandler and colleagues report on the environments people decide to spend time in. The team share that “Environments shape people, and at the same time, people are attracted to environments that fit their characteristics because fit facilitates the achievement of people’s desired life outcomes. . . . we focus on an outcome-based definition of PE fit as the optimal compatibility between individuals and their outer world as a key factor in facilitating desired outcomes (e.g., work success and satisfaction, social reputation and integration, physical and mental health). This definition of PE fit includes the compatibility between specific personal characteristics (e.g., a specific trait, skill, or disorder) and various aspects of the environment (e.g., physical, social, or cultural). . . . There is . . . growing evidence for the effects of fit between persons and their extended living environments. . . Jokela et al. (2015) found that people who lived in neighborhoods that matched their personality traits reported higher life satisfaction than those in nonmatching environments.”
Christian Kandler. Simone Kuhn, Bastian Monkediek, Andreas Forstner, and Wiebke Bleidorn. 2024. “A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Person-Environment Fit: Relevance, Measurement, and Future Directions.” Current Directions in Psychological Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214241242451