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Measuring the personality of Chinese: QZPS versus NEO PI‐R
Author(s) -
Wang Dengfeng,
Cui Hong,
Zhou Fan
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2005.00158.x
Subject(s) - personality , psychology , big five personality traits and culture , alternative five model of personality , social psychology , 16pf questionnaire , personality assessment inventory , big five personality traits , chinese culture , china , political science , law
The response patterns of Chinese subjects to the items and facets of NEO Personality Inventory Revised (NEO PI‐R) were investigated. The Big Five‐factor structure underlying this instrument was not found, while a seven‐factor structure, more recently proposed to represent the Chinese personality, emerged. A cross‐cultural strategy was adopted to analyze these results and mechanisms through which culture influences personality, behavioral categories and specific behaviors were proposed. The results showed that the Big Seven model of Chinese personality was stable and Western personality questionnaires could not accurately measure the personality characteristics of the Chinese.