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Culture and Personality Among European American and Asian American Men

University of Oregon, seap{at}uoregon.edu

David S. DeGarmo

Oregon Social Learning Center

Ayaka Kawakami

University of Oregon

Shelley N. Hara

University of California, Santa Cruz

Gordon C.N. Hall

University of Oregon

Andra L. Teten

Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Personality differences between Asian American (N = 320) and European American men (N = 242) and also among Asian American ethnic groups (Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and mixed Asian) are examined on the Big Five personality dimension. Personality structures for Asian Americans and European Americans closely replicate established norms. However, congruence is greater for European American and highly acculturated Asian American men than for low acculturated Asian American men. Similar patterns are found for the construct loss of face (LOF). Asian American men with a high concern for LOF are less similar in their personality structure to European American men than Asian American men with low LOF concern. Mean differences are also found among Asian American and European American men, who differ significantly on Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Openness, and Neuroticism. Results indicate that acculturation and LOF are significantly associated with these four personality dimensions for both Asian American and European American men.

Key Words: Asian Americans • loss of face • acculturation • Big Five personality

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 39, No. 5, 630-643 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0022022108321310


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