Personality profiles of cultures: Aggregate personality traits

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-425

  McCrae, Robert R ^a   Terracciano, Antonio ^a   Leibovich, Nora B ^b   Schmidt, V ^b   Shakespeare Finch, Jane ^c,d   Neubauer, Aljoscha ^e   De Fruyt, Filip ^f   Munyae, Margaret ^g   Flores Mendoza, Carmen ^h   Dahourou, Donatien ⁱ   Ayearst, Lindsay E ^j   Trobst, Krista K ^j   Alcalay, Lidia ^k   Simonetti, Franco ^k   Bratko, Denis ^l   Marušić, Iris ^m   Høřbíčková, Martina ⁿ   Lykke Mortensen, Erik ^o   Henrik Jensen, Hans ^o   Allik, Jüri ^p   Realo, Anu ^p   Sineshaw, Tilahun ^q,r   Rolland, Jean Pierre ^s   Petot, Jean Michel ^s   Camart, Nathalie ^s   Angleitner, Alois ^t   Ostendorf, Fritz ^t   Yik, Michelle ^u   Jónsson, Friðrik H ^v   Pramila, V S ^w   Halim, Magdalena S ^x   Shahidi, Shahriar ^y   Barbaranelli, Claudio ^z   Shimonaka, Yoshiko ^aa   Nakazato, Katsuharu ^ab   Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^ac   Alansari, Badr M ^ac   Khoury, Brigitte ^ad   Mastor, Khairul A ^ae   Falzon, Ruth ^af   Ann Lauri, Mary ^af   Borg Cunen, Mary Ann ^af   Scicluna Calleja, Sandra ^af   Diaz Loving, Rolando ^ag   Arif Ghayur, M ^ah,ai   Fischer, Ronald ^aj   Oluyinka Ojedokun, A ^ak   Prentice, Garry ^al   McRorie, Margaret ^al   Wang, Lei ^am   Reátegui, Norma ^an   Brunner Sciarra, Marina ^an   del Pilar, Gregorio E H ^ao   Sekowski, Andrzej ^ap   Klinkosz, Waldemar ^ap   de Lima, Margarida Pedroso ^aq   Porrata, José ^ar   Martin, Thomas A ^q,as   Ficková, Emília ^at   Adamovová, Lucia ^at   Rus, Velko S ^au   Podobnik, Nuska ^av   Zupancic, Agata ^aw   Ahn, Hyun nie ^ax   Ahn, Chang kyu ^ax   Avia, Maria D ^ay   Sánchez Bernardos, Maria L ^ay   Ruch, Willibald ^az   Rossier, Jérôme ^ba   Chittcharat, Niyada ^bb   Gülgöz, Sami ^bc   Nansubuga, Florence ^bd   Smith, Peter B ^be   Matsumoto, David ^bf   Diener, Ed ^bg   Beer, Andrew ^bh   Humrichouse, John ^bh   Budzinski, Louisa ^bi   Oishi, Shigehiro ^bi   Knežević, Goran ^q   Djuric Jocic, Dragana ^bj   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^j YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^m Centre for Education and Research   (Croatia)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^q Ramapo College of New Jersey ^*  (Serbia)

^r RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^t BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^u HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^w ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^x ATMA JAYA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^y SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^z SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^aa BUNKYO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ab IWATE PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ac KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^ad AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^ae UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^af UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^ag UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^ah AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^ai SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aj VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^al QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^am PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^an UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^ap JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^as SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^at INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^au UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^av Psychiatric Hospital Idria   (Slovenia)

^aw Inst Hlth of the Rep of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^ax Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^ay UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^az UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^bb SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^bc KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^bd MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^be UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^bf SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bg UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^bh UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^bi UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^bj Institute of Psychiatry   (Serbia)

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Author keywords

Cross cultural; Culture level analyses; Five factor model; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744605535     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.3.407     Document Type: Article

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