CROSS-CULTURAL-COMPARISON OF PERSONALITY - NORWAY AND ENGLAND

被引:40
作者
EYSENCK, SBG [1 ]
TAMBS, K [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OSLO,DEPT BEHAV SCI MED,OSLO 3,NORWAY
关键词
cross‐cultural studies; Personality;
D O I
10.1111/j.1467-9450.1990.tb00830.x
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Three hundred and seventy‐seven male and 425 female Norwegian subjects completed the translated Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). Factor comparisons all exceeded 0.97, so that the factors of Psychoticism (P), Extraversion (E), Neuroticism (N) and Social Desirability or Lie Scale (L) can be considered to be identical with those found in England. Sex differences were the usual, i.e. males scored higher that females on P and E but lower on N and L. Cross‐cultural comparisons found no statistical differences between the personality scores of the two countries, except on Neuroticism, with both Norwegian sexes scoring significantly lower than their English counterparts. A slight tendency for Norwegian males to score lower on Social Desirability was detected. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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页码:191 / 197
页数:7
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