Title
Personality profiles of cultures: Aggregate personality traits
Date Issued
01 September 2005
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
McCrae R.R.
Terracciano A.
Leibovich N.B.
Schmidt V.
Shakespeare-Finch J.
Neubauer A.
De Fruyt F.
Munyae M.
Dahourou D.
Ayearst L.E.
Trobst K.K.
Alcalay L.
Simonetti F.
Bratko D.
Marušić I.
Høřbíčková M.
Lykke Mortensen E.
Henrik Jensen H.
Allik J.
Realo A.
Sineshaw T.
Rolland J.P.
Petot J.M.
Camart N.
Angleitner A.
Ostendorf F.
Yik M.
Jónsson F.H.
Pramila V.S.
Halim M.S.
Shahidi S.
Barbaranelli C.
Shimonaka Y.
Nakazato K.
Abdel-Khalek A.M.
Alansari B.M.
Khoury B.
Mastor K.A.
Falzon R.
Ann Lauri M.
Borg Cunen M.A.
Scicluna Calleja S.
Diaz-Loving R.
Arif Ghayur M.
Fischer R.
Oluyinka Ojedokun A.
Prentice G.
McRorie M.
Wang L.
Brunner-Sciarra M.
del Pilar G.E.H.
Sekowski A.
Klinkosz W.
de Lima M.P.
Porrata J.
Martin T.A.
Ficková E.
Adamovová L.
Rus V.S.
Podobnik N.
Zupancic A.
Ahn H.n.
Ahn C.k.
Avia M.D.
Sánchez-Bernardos M.L.
Ruch W.
Rossier J.
Chittcharat N.
Gülgöz S.
Nansubuga F.
Smith P.B.
Matsumoto D.
Diener E.
Beer A.
Humrichouse J.
Budzinski L.
Oishi S.
Knežević G.
Djuric Jocic D.
Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais
National Institutes of Health
Publisher(s)
American Psychological Association Inc.
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.
Start page
407
End page
425
Volume
89
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-27744605535
Source
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
ISSN of the container
00223514
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