Personality traits across countries: Support for similarities rather than differences.
Personality traits across countries: Support for similarities rather than differences.
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0179646
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发表时间：
2017
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3.7
通讯作者：
Mac Giolla E
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作者：
Kajonius P;Mac Giolla E
在当前移民和全球化的气候下，来自不同国家的个人的人格特征越来越受到人们的关注。先前的研究已经确定了不同国家之间人格特质的可靠差异。本研究基于一项针对大量国家样本的英语在线调查（NTotal = 130,602），通过检查 22 个国家的 30 种人格特质来扩展这项研究。使用的工具是五因素模型 (FFM) (IPIP-NEO-120) 的综合开源测量工具。我们假设国家之间的人格特征差异很小，将其标记为相似假设。我们分三个阶段找到了对此的支持。首先，观察了各国对于五种人格特质结构中每一种的模型拟合的相似性。其次，五种人格特征的国内性别差异在不同国家之间表现出相似的模式。最后，各国对人格特质的总体贡献不到 2%。换句话说，一个国家和一个人的性格特征之间的关系无论多么有趣，都是很小的。我们的结论是，对当前和过去的研究结果最简洁的解释是跨国性格相似假设。
In the current climate of migration and globalization, personality characteristics of individuals from different countries have received a growing interest. Previous research has established reliable differences in personality traits across countries. The present study extends this research by examining 30 personality traits in 22 countries, based on an online survey in English with large national samples (NTotal = 130,602). The instrument used was a comprehensive, open-source measure of the Five Factor Model (FFM) (IPIP-NEO-120). We postulated that differences in personality traits between countries would be small, labeling this a Similarities Hypothesis. We found support for this in three stages. First, similarities across countries were observed for model fits for each of the five personality trait structures. Second, within-country sex differences for the five personality traits showed similar patterns across countries. Finally, the overall the contribution to personality traits from countries was less than 2%. In other words, the relationship between a country and an individual’s personality traits, however interesting, are small. We conclude that the most parsimonious explanation for the current and past findings is a cross-country personality Similarities Hypothesis.