TY - JOUR
T1 - Universal features of personality traits from the observer's perspective
T2 - Data from 50 cultures
AU - 78 Members of the Personality Profiles of Cultures Project
AU - McCrae, Robert R.
AU - Terracciano, Antonio
AU - Khoury, Brigitte
AU - Nansubuga, Florence
AU - Kneževič, Goran
AU - Djuric Jocic, Dragana
AU - Ahn, Hyun nie
AU - Ahn, Chang kyu
AU - De Fruyt, Filip
AU - Gülgöz, Sami
AU - Ruch, Willibald
AU - Arif Ghayur, M.
AU - Avia, Maria D.
AU - Sánchez-Bernardos, Maria L.
AU - Rossier, Jérôme
AU - Dahourou, Donatien
AU - Fischer, Ronald
AU - Shakespeare-Finch, Jane
AU - Yik, Michelle
AU - Smith, Peter B.
AU - Angleitner, Alois
AU - Ostendorf, Fritz
AU - Halim, Magdalena S.
AU - Hřebíčková, Martina
AU - Martin, Thomas A.
AU - Sineshaw, Tilahun
AU - Sekowski, Andrzej
AU - Klinkosz, Waldemar
AU - Prentice, Garry
AU - McRorie, Margaret
AU - Flores-Mendoza, Carmen
AU - Shimonaka, Yoshiko
AU - Nakazato, Katsuharu
AU - Mastor, Khairul A.
AU - Barbaranelli, Claudio
AU - Alcalay, Lidia
AU - Simonetti, Franco
AU - Pramila, V. S.
AU - Falzon, Ruth
AU - Lauri, Mary Ann
AU - Borg Cunen, Mary Ann
AU - Calleja, Sandra Scicluna
AU - de Lima, Margarida Pedroso
AU - Bratko, Denis
AU - Marušić, Iris
AU - Allik, Jüri
AU - Realo, Anu
AU - Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M.
AU - Alansari, Badr M.
AU - del Pilar, Gregorio E.H.
PY - 2005/3/1
Y1 - 2005/3/1
N2 - To test hypotheses about the universality of personality traits, college students in 50 cultures identified an adult or college-aged man or woman whom they knew well and rated the 11,985 targets using the 3rd-person version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. Factor analyses within cultures showed that the normative American self-report structure was clearly replicated in most cultures and was recognizable in all. Sex differences replicated earlier self-report results, with the most pronounced differences in Western cultures. Cross-sectional age differences for 3 factors followed the pattern identified in self-reports, with moderate rates of change during college age and slower changes after age 40. With a few exceptions, these data support the hypothesis that features of personality traits are common to all human groups.
AB - To test hypotheses about the universality of personality traits, college students in 50 cultures identified an adult or college-aged man or woman whom they knew well and rated the 11,985 targets using the 3rd-person version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. Factor analyses within cultures showed that the normative American self-report structure was clearly replicated in most cultures and was recognizable in all. Sex differences replicated earlier self-report results, with the most pronounced differences in Western cultures. Cross-sectional age differences for 3 factors followed the pattern identified in self-reports, with moderate rates of change during college age and slower changes after age 40. With a few exceptions, these data support the hypothesis that features of personality traits are common to all human groups.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/14744276659
U2 - 10.1037/0022-3514.88.3.547
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.88.3.547
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:14744276659
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 88
SP - 547
EP - 561
JO - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
IS - 3
ER -