Comparability of Self-Reported Conscientiousness Across 21 Countries

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-317

  Mõttus, René ^a,b   Allik, Jüri ^a,c   Realo, Anu ^a   Pullmann, Helle ^a   Rossier, Jérôme ^d   Zecca, Gregory ^d   Ah Kion, Jennifer ^e   Amoussou Yéyé, Dénis ^f   Bäckström, Martin ^g   Barkauskiene, Rasa ^h   Barry, Oumar ⁱ   Bhowon, Uma ^e   Björklund, Fredrik ^g   Bochaver, Aleksandra ^j   Bochaver, Konstantin ^j   de Bruin, Gideon P ^k   Cabrera, Helena F ^l   Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua ^m   Church, A Timothy ⁿ   Cissé, Daouda Dougoumalé ^o   Dahourou, Donatien ^p   Feng, Xiaohang ^q   Guan, Yanjun ^r   Hwang, Hyi Sung ^s   Idris, Fazilah ^t   Katigbak, Marcia S ⁿ   Kuppens, Peter ^u,v   Kwiatkowska, Anna ^w   Laurinavicius, Alfredas ^x   Mastor, Khairul Anwar ^t   Matsumoto, David ^s   Riemann, Rainer ^y   Schug, Joanna ^z   Simpson, Brian ^s   Ng Tseung, Caroline ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

ⁱ University Cheikh Anta Diop   (Senegal)

^j MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION   (Russian Federation)

^k UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^m HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

ⁿ WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^p UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^q CHANGCHUN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^r RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^s SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^v UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^w POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^x MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^y BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^z The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aggregate personality scores; Anchoring vignettes; Cross cultural; DIF; Reference group effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855646446     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.840     Document Type: Article

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