Are indigenous personality dimensions culture-specific? Mexican inventories and the Five-Factor Model

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 618-649

  Ortiz, Fernando A ^a   Timothy Church, A ^a   de Jesús Vargas Flores, José ^b   Ibáñez Reyes, Joselina ^b   Flores Galaz, Mirta ^c   Iuit Briceño, Jorge Isaías ^c   Escamilla, Jose Miguel ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^d Department of Clinical Psychology   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Five Factor Model; Indigenous Psychology; Mexico; Personality structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247619338     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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