African Cultures and the Five-Factor Model of Personality: Evidence for a Specific Pan-African Structure and Profile?

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 684-700

  Zecca, Gregory ^a   Verardi, Sabrina ^a   Antonietti, Jean Philippe ^a   Dahourou, Donatien ^b   Adjahouisso, Marcel ^c   Ah Kion, Jennifer ^d   Amoussou Yeye, Dénis ^c   Barry, Oumar ^e   Bhowon, Uma ^d   Bouatta, Cherifa ^f   Dougoumalé Cissé, Daouda ^g   Mbodji, Mamadou ^e   Meyer de Stadelhofen, Franz ^a   Minga Minga, David ^h   Ng Tseung, Caroline ^d   Nouri Romdhane, Mohamed ⁱ   Ondongo, François ^j   Rigozzi, Christine ^a   Sfayhi, Nicole ⁱ   Tsokini, Dieudonné ^j   Rossier, Jérôme ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^f Benyoucef Benkhedda   (Algeria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

ⁱ University of Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

^j UNIVERSITÉ MARIEN NGOUABI   (Congo)

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Author keywords

Africa; cross cultural psychology; Five Factor Model; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878768763     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112468943     Document Type: Article

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