The Validity and Structure of Culture-Level Personality Scores: Data from Ratings of Young Adolescents
Robert R. Mccrae
,
Antonio Terracciano
,
Filip de Fruyt
,
Marleen De Bolle
,
Michele J. Gelfand
,
Paul T. Jr. Costa
,
Maria E. Aguilar-Vafaie
,
Chang-Kyu Ahn
,
Hyun-Nie Ahn
,
Lidia Alcalay
,
Jüri Allik
,
Tatyana V. Avdeyeva
,
Marek Blatný
,
Denis Bratko
,
Marina Brunner-Sciarra
,
Thomas R. Cain
,
Niyada Chittcharat
,
Jarret T. Crawford
,
Margarida P. De Lima
,
Ryan Fehr
,
Emília Ficková
,
Sami Gülgöz
,
Martina Hřebíčková
,
Lee Jussim
(1)
,
Waldemar Klinkosz
,
Goran Knežević
,
Nora Leibovich De Figueroa
,
Corinna E. Löckenhoff
,
Thomas A. Martin
,
Iris Marušić
,
Khairul Anwar Mastor
,
Katsuharu Nakazato
,
Florence Nansubuga
,
Jose Porrata
,
Danka Purić
,
Anu Realo
,
Norma Reátegui
,
Jean-Pierre Rolland
(2)
,
Vanina Schmidt
,
Andrzej Sekowski
,
Jane Shakespeare-Finch
,
Yoshiko Shimonaka
,
Franco Simonetti
,
Jerzy Siuta
,
Barbara Szmigielska
,
Vitanya Vanno
,
Lei Wang
(3)
,
Michelle Yik
Robert R. Mccrae
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Antonio Terracciano
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Filip de Fruyt
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Marleen De Bolle
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Michele J. Gelfand
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Paul T. Jr. Costa
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Maria E. Aguilar-Vafaie
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Chang-Kyu Ahn
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Hyun-Nie Ahn
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Lidia Alcalay
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Jüri Allik
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Tatyana V. Avdeyeva
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Marek Blatný
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Denis Bratko
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Marina Brunner-Sciarra
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Thomas R. Cain
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Niyada Chittcharat
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Jarret T. Crawford
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Margarida P. De Lima
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Ryan Fehr
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Emília Ficková
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Sami Gülgöz
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- PersonId : 781158
- ORCID : 0000-0002-1262-2347
Martina Hřebíčková
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- PersonId : 781131
- ORCID : 0000-0002-8700-1326
Waldemar Klinkosz
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Goran Knežević
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Nora Leibovich De Figueroa
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Corinna E. Löckenhoff
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Thomas A. Martin
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Iris Marušić
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Khairul Anwar Mastor
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Katsuharu Nakazato
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Florence Nansubuga
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Jose Porrata
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Danka Purić
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 781133
- ORCID : 0000-0001-5126-3781
Anu Realo
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Norma Reátegui
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Vanina Schmidt
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Andrzej Sekowski
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Jane Shakespeare-Finch
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Yoshiko Shimonaka
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Franco Simonetti
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Jerzy Siuta
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Barbara Szmigielska
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Vitanya Vanno
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Michelle Yik
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Abstract
We examined properties of culture-level personality traits in ratings of targets (N = 5,109) aged 12 to 17 in 24 cultures. Aggregate scores were generalizable across gender, age, and relationship groups and showed convergence with culture-level scores from previous studies of self-reports and observer ratings of adults, but they were unrelated to national character stereotypes. Trait profiles also showed cross-study agreement within most cultures, eight of which had not previously been studied. Multidimensional scaling showed that Western and non-Western cultures clustered along a dimension related to Extraversion. A culture-level factor analysis replicated earlier findings of a broad Extraversion factor, but generally resembled the factor structure found in individuals. Continued analysis of aggregate personality scores is warranted.