Universal features of personality traits from the observer's perspective: Data from 50 cultures
McCrae, Terracciano and 78 members of the Personality Profiles of Cultures Project, JPSP 88(3), 2005, 547-561. College students in 50 cultures rated a known adult or college-aged man or woman on the third-person form of a standard inventory. The American self-report structure was clearly replicated in most cultures and recognisable in all; sex differences matched self-report findings; age differences for three factors followed the self-report pattern, moderate in college age and slower after 40. Authors conclude trait features are common to all human groups, with a few exceptions.
McCrae, Terracciano and 78 members of the Personality Profiles of Cultures Project, JPSP 88(3), 2005, 547-561. College students in 50 cultures rated a known adult or college-aged man or woman on the third-person form of a standard inventory. The American self-report structure was clearly replicated in most cultures and recognisable in all; sex differences matched self-report findings; age differences for three factors followed the self-report pattern, moderate in college age and slower after 40. Authors conclude trait features are common to all human groups, with a few exceptions.
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McCrae, R. R., Terracciano, A., & 78 Members of the Personality Profiles of Cultures Project. (2005). Universal features of personality traits from the observer's perspective: Data from 50 cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88(3), 547-561. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.88.3.547 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.88.3.547