Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology articles from January 1998

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology archives from January 1998

Contributions of psychological anthropology.
January 1, 1998... Psychological anthropology and cross-cultural psychology are partners in pursuit of an empirically grounded understanding of human psychology in variable cultural contexts. This article summarizes some of the main contributions of psychological...

The cross-cultural perspective in the study of personality: rationale and current research.
January 1, 1998... In this article, we examine the rationale for cross-cultural studies of personality, (including the search for cultural universals). Note the uncertain cross-cultural relevance of mainstream personality theories, and address current...

The cultural psychology of personality.
January 1, 1998... Research in cultural psychology suggests that person is a social and collective construction made possible through an individual's participation in the practices and meanings of a given cultural context. This perspective can make a contribution...

Evolution, culture, and the five-factor model.
January 1, 1998... Following a review of evolutionary approaches to the five-factor model (FFM), I develop a synthetic perspective that incorporates three levels of analysis: personality systems as universal psychological mechanisms, systematic group (i.e.,...

The structured assessment of personality across cultures.
January 1, 1998... The purpose of this article is to review several popular, structured, personality questionnaires in terms of their applicability in cross-cultural assessment contexts. Prior to our review, we describe the types of psychometric data that can be...

Cross-cultural assessment of the five-factor model: the revised NEO Personality Inventory.
January 1, 1998... The five-factor model (FFM) is a representation of the patterns of covariation of personality traits in terms of five broad factors. The Revised NEO Personality Inventory, a questionnaire measure of the FFM, has recently been translated into a...

Objective study of abnormal personality in cross-cultural settings: the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2).
January 1, 1998... The cross-cultural use of objective instruments to assess personality and psychopathology has increased markedly in recent times. The most widely used clinical personality inventory in international settings is the Minnesota Multiphasic...

Indigenous personality measures: Chinese examples.
January 1, 1998... This article reviews the Chinese historical context of personality testing. Issues of interpretation and methodology related to initial adaptations of English-language personality tests are discussed. The deficiencies of the imposed-etic...

Indigenous personality measures: Philippine examples.
January 1, 1998... After noting the need for indigenous scale construction efforts in the Philippines, the current article focuses on the development and current status of two multidimensional measures of Filipino personality constructs, plus two projects that...

Erratum. (correction to 'No gender difference in spatial representation of schoolchildren in northwest Pakistan,' Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, vol. 28, No. 26, Nov. 1997)(Correction Notice)
January 1, 1998... In the article rifled "No Gender Difference in Spatial Representation by Schoolchildren in Northwest Pakistan," by Anneliese A. Pontius, previously published in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Volume 28, Number 26 (November 1997), the...