Are indigenous personality dimensions culture-specific? Mexican inventories and the Five-Factor Model
| Autor: | A. Timothy Church, Fernando A. Ortiz, Jose Miguel Escamilla, Joselina Ibáñez-Reyes, José de Jesús Vargas-Flores, Jorge Isaías Iuit-Briceño, Mirta Flores-Galaz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Social Psychology
Indigenous psychology media_common.quotation_subject Indigenous Developmental psychology Revised NEO Personality Inventory Personality structure Cultural diversity Personality Big Five personality traits Psychology Social psychology General Psychology Reliability (statistics) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Research in Personality. 41:618-649 |
| ISSN: | 0092-6566 |
| Popis: | The universality versus cultural specificity of Mexican personality dimensions was investigated by examining: (a) the replicability of Mexican personality dimensions assessed by indigenous inventories; and (b) the extent to which Mexican dimensions are encompassed by the Five-Factor Model (FFM), one hypothesized universal model of personality structure. Mexican university students ( N = 794) completed nine indigenous inventories and the Spanish version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. The FFM replicated well, although reliability was poor for a few facet scales. Reliability was acceptable for the indigenous Mexican scales. However, for most indigenous instruments, a cross-sample replication criterion suggested alternative structures of fewer, more replicable dimensions. Multiple regression and joint factor analyses revealed that most of the Mexican dimensions were well subsumed by the FFM. Thus, cultural differences did not involve clearly culture-specific dimensions, but more subtle differences in the salience or cultural flavor of particular traits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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