Big Five personality traits and culture

The Big Five personality traits are Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.[1] The Big Five Personality is a test that people can take to learn more about their personality in relation to the five personality traits.[1] Cross-cultural psychology as a discipline examines the way that human behavior is different and/or similar across different cultures. One important and widely studied area in this subfield of psychology is personality, particularly the study of Big Five.[1] The Big Five model of personality (also known as the Five Factor Model) has become the most extensively studied model of personality and has broad support, starting in the United States and later in many different cultures.[2] The Big Five model of personality (also known as the Five Factor Model or the Big Five Inventory) started in the United States, and through the years has been translated into many different languages and has been used in many countries.[1] Some researchers were attempting to determine the differences in how other cultures perceive this model.[1] Some research shows that the Big Five holds up across cultures even with its origin in the English language.[3] However, there is also some evidence which suggests that the Big Five traits may not be sufficient to completely explain personality in other cultures.[4] In countries such as South America and East Asia, the results weren't as accurate because they weren't as open as some people in other countries are.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Schmitt, David P.; Allik, Jüri; McCrae, Robert R.; Benet-Martínez, Verónica (2007). "The Geographic Distribution of Big Five Personality Traits". Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 38 (2): 173–212. doi:10.1177/0022022106297299. hdl:20.500.12724/2395. ISSN 0022-0221. S2CID 86619840.
  2. ^ John, Oliver P; Srivastava, Sanjay (1999). "The Big Five Trait taxonomy: History, measurement, and theoretical perspectives". In Pervin, L A; John, Oliver P (eds.). Handbook of personality: theory and research (PDF) (2nd ed.). Guilford Press. pp. 102–138. ISBN 978-1-57230-695-0.
  3. ^ Rolland, Jean-Pierre (2002), "The Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the Five-Factor Model of Personality", The Five-Factor Model of Personality Across Cultures, Springer US, pp. 7–28, doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0763-5_2, ISBN 978-0-306-47355-5
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