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Cross-cultural basics of trait distinction

Both theoretical and empirical arguments have been provided in support of a two dimensional trait model to be of fundamental importance to distinguish persons in various contexts (Bakan, 1966 ; Hogan, 1983 ; Digman, 1997 ; DeYoung, 2006). Those two dimensions have been referred to as Communion and Agency, Getting along and Getting ahead, Social Propriety and Dynamism, Stability and Plasticity, and α and β. In the present study we use 11 psycho-lexically based taxonomies from different languages to test this two-dimensional model, starting from Digman’s findings, in which Big Five Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Emotional Stability grouped into an α-factor (associated with socialization) and Extraversion and Intellect grouped into a β-factor (associated with personal growth). Using confirmatory analysis, the model was tested in each of the taxonomies separately, using markers of the Big Five based on a joint analysis of all taxonomies.

personality dimensions; Big-Two; psycholexical taxonomies; α and β; confirmatory factor analysis

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