Cross-cultural personality assessment: The Revised NEO Personality Inventory in China

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  • Jianfeng Yang

    Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2010.38.8.1097
Keywords:
cross-cultural, personality assessment, NEO-PI-R, People’s Republic of China
Abstract

The Mandarin Chinese version of Costa and McCrae’s (1992) Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) was used to survey 473 people from 9 occupational groups in mainland China. Internal consistency was adequate for almost all dimensions. Correlations with occupation and gender sustained the validity of NEO-PI-R. The differences of mean value between Chinese participants and an American sample (Costa & McCrae, 1992) were significant in 4 dimensions. However, further validation of the 5-factor model for the assessment of personality in China is needed.

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Published
2010-09-01
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Volume 38, 2010, Issue 8
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