The Five-Factor Model of Personality in South African College Students

The Five-Factor Model of Personality in South African College Students

The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) was administered to 408 South African college students. When the instrument was factor analyzed at the facet level with varimax rotation, the structure of the five-factor model was well reproduced for the entire sample as well as the White and Black s...

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Published in:The American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 112 - 125
Main Authors: HEUCHERT, J. W.P., PARKER, WAYNE D., STUMPF, HEINRICH, MYBURGH, CHRIS P. H.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks SAGE Publications 01-09-2000
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Black White Differences
Blacks
College Students
Cultural differences
Culture
Data analysis
Economic status
Indians
Inventory
Personality
Personality Traits
Psychology
Race
Racial Differences
Social status
Sociocultural Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
South Africa
Students
Whites
South Africa
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Summary:The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) was administered to 408 South African college students. When the instrument was factor analyzed at the facet level with varimax rotation, the structure of the five-factor model was well reproduced for the entire sample as well as the White and Black subgroups. Parallel analysis indicated the appropriateness of the five-factor solution. Whereas the structure of personality was highly similar across race, there were statistically significant differences in mean scores of some domains and facets by race. The greatest difference was in Openness to Experience, particularly in the Openness to Feelings facet, with the White subgroup scoring relatively high, the Black subgroup scoring relatively low, and the Indian subgroup scoring in an intermediate range. The authors speculate that these differences are primarily the result of social, economic, and cultural differences between the races rather than the direct product of race itself.
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ISSN:0002-7642
1552-3381
DOI:10.1177/00027640021956125