The Five-Factor Model of Personality Across Cultures

The FiveFactor Model Across Cultures was designed to further an understandingof the interrelations between personality and culture by examining the dominantpara... » 

The FiveFactor Model Across Cultures was designed to further an understandingof the interrelations between personality and culture by examining the dominantparadigm for personality assessment the FiveFactor Model or FFM in a widevariety of cultural contexts. Data from 40 cultural groups ranging fromVietnamese Americans to Zimbabweans are used to address a variety of issuesIs the FFM universal? Do personality traits have the same correlates indifferent cultures? How are mean levels of personality traits related tofeatures of cultures such as IndividualismCollectivism? Are stereotypes ofnational character accurate?The book is unified by the use of a single model ofpersonality and in most cases a single instrument the Revised NEOPersonality Inventory. Many of the chapters provide psychometric evaluations ofnew translations of this instrument. However all chapters view personalityassessment in cultural context. Diverse points of view are represented on howpersonality is related to culture and a methodological chapter provides acritical assessment of the body of work. The editors provide an overview and aconcluding chapter that evaluates findings in the book from the perspective ofthe biosocial FiveFactor Theory of personality. «