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Exploring implicit personality theories with indigenous or imported constructs: the Chinese case.

K S Yang1, M H Bond

  • 1National Taiwan University, Taipei.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|June 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary

This study explored Chinese personality perception, finding that while foreign models partially explain indigenous factors, a direct one-to-one mapping is limited, highlighting cross-cultural psychology nuances.

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Area of Science:

  • Cross-cultural Psychology
  • Personality Science
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Understanding personality perception across cultures is crucial.
  • Previous research often relies on Western-derived personality constructs.
  • The applicability of imported personality models to diverse cultural contexts remains a key question.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between indigenous Chinese personality constructs and imported Western personality descriptors.
  • To determine how well Western personality factors represent the Chinese perceptual space of personality.
  • To investigate the degree of one-to-one correspondence between Chinese and American personality factors.

Main Methods:

  • Chinese participants rated target persons using indigenous Chinese personality descriptors.

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  • The same participants then rated the same individuals using translated Western personality descriptors (Tupes & Christal, 1961).
  • Factor analysis was used to derive personality perception factors from both descriptor sets, followed by intercorrelation analysis.

    • Main Results:

    • Five factors of personality perception were identified from both Chinese and American descriptor sets.
    • Four of the five indigenous Chinese factors could be explained by combinations of the imported Western factors.
    • A direct one-to-one relationship between imported and indigenous factors was found for only two of the five Chinese factors; others were multiply determined.

    Conclusions:

    • Imported personality models offer partial but not complete representation of Chinese personality perception.
    • The widespread use of foreign personality instrumentation may lead to incomplete or skewed models of personality in different cultural contexts.
    • Further research is needed to develop culturally sensitive personality assessment tools and models.