Personality profiles of cultures: Aggregate personality traits

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serval:BIB_40348
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Personality profiles of cultures: Aggregate personality traits
Journal
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Author(s)
McCrae R.R., Terraciano A., 79 Members of the Personality Profiles of Cultures Project 
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2005
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
89
Pages
407-425
Language
english
Abstract
Personality profiles of cultures can be operationalized as the mean trait levels of culture members. College students from 51 cultures rated an individual from their country whom they knew well (N 12,156). Aggregate scores on Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) scales generalized across age and sex groups, approximated the individual-level 5-factor model, and correlated with aggregate self-report personality scores and other culture-level variables. Results were not attributable to national differences in economic development or to acquiescence. Geographical differences in scale variances and mean levels were replicated, with Europeans and Americans generally scoring higher in Extraversion than Asians and Africans. Findings support the rough scalar equivalence of NEO-PI-R factors and facets across cultures and suggest that aggregate personality profiles provide insight into cultural differences.
Keywords
Personality, five-factor model, cross-cultural, culture-level analyses
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19/11/2007 11:17
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