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Universal features of personality traits from the observer's perspective: Data from 50 cultures
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posted on 2023-05-16, 16:33 authored by McCrae, RR, Terracciano, A, Shakespeare-Finch, JETo 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.
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Publication title
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyVolume
88Pagination
547-561ISSN
0022-3514Department/School
School of Psychological SciencesPublisher
American Psychological AssociationPlace of publication
USARepository Status
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