Title: Exploring Personality Structure of the Chinese
Abstract: This research was aimed at exploring the relationship between two Chinese personality scales, Qingnian Zhongguo Personality Scale and Chinese Personality Assessment, factor structure of Chinese Personality Assessment, and the stability of Chinese seven-factor personality model. More than 2000 subjects fulfilled both Qingnian Zhongguo Personality Scale and Chinese Personality Assessment. Correlation and factor analysis results indicate that Chinese Personality Assessment have an excessive factor similar to Western neuroticism, and a lack of the Emotionality dimension compared with Qingnian Zhongguo Personality Scale. Joint factor analysis with items from both Qingnian Zhongguo Personality Scale and Chinese Personality Assessment provide support to the seven-factor model of Chinese personality and the hypothesis of a lack of emotionality dimension in Chinese Personality Assessment scale. The absence of neuroticism in Chinese personality, and implications of exploring Chinese personality by indigenous research are discussed in the present article.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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