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Personality Measurement in Cross‐Cultural Perspective
Author(s) -
Church A. Timothy
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6494.696172
Subject(s) - personality , psychology , perspective (graphical) , equivalence (formal languages) , personality psychology , trait theory , trait , big five personality traits and culture , social psychology , personality assessment inventory , agreeableness , projective test , big five personality traits , epistemology , cognitive psychology , extraversion and introversion , artificial intelligence , psychoanalysis , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , programming language
I first provide an overview of general issues in personality measurement across cultures (e.g., measurement bias and equivalence, levels of test adaptation or indigenization). Then, in keeping with the organization of this special issue, I discuss personality measurement from alternative theoretical perspectives that have addressed, in varying degrees, personality and its measurement in cross‐cultural perspective (i.e., trait perspectives, projective techniques, cultural psychology and constructivist perspectives, evolutionary perspectives). An integrated measurement approach is advocated, incorporating diverse aspects or levels of personality, while drawing on the complementary strengths of alternative approaches.