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The Structure of Personality In Six Cultures

University of Western Ontario

Mirja Keinonen

University of Helsink

Jerzy Trzebinski

University of Warsaw

Friedrich Forsterling

Erfurt College of Education

Nina Grishenkoroze

St. Petersburg State University

Ludmilla Kouznetsova

St. Petersburg State University

David W. Chan

Chinese University of Hong Kong

A new structured nonverbal measure of Murray's needs (the Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire) and an established verbal measure (the Personality Research Form) were administered to respondents in six cultures: Canada, Finland, Poland, Germany, Russia, and Hong Kong. An analysis of the psychometric properties of the nonverbal personality inventory showed generally good levels of internal consistency reliability and convergent validity across the respondent groups. Further, analyses of the factor structures of both the nonverbal and verbal inventories showed, in general, a very robust organization to the personality traits. Specifically, the factors found in each culture's data resembled the "Big Five' factors of personality. The authors summarize some of the advantages of a structured nonverbal measure of personality. They also discuss the presumed comprehensiveness of the Big Five personality factors.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 3, 339-353 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0022022196273006


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