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Personality profiles of cultures: Aggregate personality traits

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posted on 2023-05-16, 17:34 authored by McRae, RR, Terracciano, A, Shakespeare-Finch, JE
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.

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Publication title

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volume

89

Pagination

407-425

ISSN

0022-3514

Department/School

School of Psychological Sciences

Publisher

American Psychological Association

Place of publication

USA

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  • Restricted

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Expanding knowledge in human society

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