Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology · 2008 · 176 citations · 58 references
East Asian StudiesOpenness ScalesSocial PsychologyEducationPsychometricsClassical Test TheoryOpenness FactorPsychologySocial SciencesHong KongCultural DiversityFactor AnalysisSocial IdentityPersonality DimensionCulturePersonality PsychologyChinese CultureCross-cultural AssessmentInterpersonal RelationshipsPsychological MeasurementCultural Psychology
The Openness factor was missing from the original Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory (CPAI). We used a combined emic—etic approach to generate six culturally relevant Openness scales. In Study 1, the Openness scales were added to the revised CPAI and standardized using a representative sample of 1,911 adults in China and Hong Kong. Factor analysis showed that the Openness scales merged with the original factors of the CPAI. In Study 2, 1,094 Chinese college students took the CPAI-2 and NEO-FFI. Joint factor analyses showed that four of the CPAI-2 Openness scales loaded with the Openness factor of the NEO-FFI. Implications on the meaning of Openness as a personality factor in Chinese culture were discussed.
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