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Indigenous Personality Measures

Chinese Examples

Chinese University of Hong Kong, fmcheung{at}cuhk.edu.hk

Kwok Leung

Chinese University of Hong Kong

This article reviews the Chinese historical context of personality testing. Issues of interpretation and methodology related to initial adaptations of English-language personality tests are discussed. The deficiencies of the imposed-etic approach are addressed by the recent development of indigenous personality measures. Three large-scale indigenous personality inventories developed for the Chinese people are introduced and evaluated: Ko's Mental Health Questionnaire, Multi-Trait Personality Inventory, and Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory (CPAI). Research with indigenous Chinese instruments has provided relevant personality measures for use in local cultures. In addition, it has offered a means to examine the broader theoretical question of the universality and relevance of current Western personality theories, as illustrated by research with the CPAI.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 29, No. 1, 233-248 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/0022022198291012


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