TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of the Multi-Trait Personality Inventory (MTPI)
T2 - Comparison Among Four Chinese Populations
AU - Cheung, Ping Chung
AU - Conger, Anthony J.
AU - Hau, Kit Tai
AU - Lew, William J.F.
AU - Lau, Sing
N1 - This research was supported by grants from the Center for Contemporary Asian Studies and the New Asia Ming Yu Foundation, Chinese University of Hong Kong, to William J. F. Lew. We thank Michael Bond for his comments on an earlier draft of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
© 1992, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
PY - 1992/12
Y1 - 1992/12
N2 - An emic approach was adopted to develop a culture-specific instrument
for the assessment of Chinese personality. The Multi-Trait Personality
Inventory (MTPI) was administered to 1,673 men and 944 women in four
major Chinese populations. It was found that Chinese m mainland China,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States possess some common traits
deeply rooted in the Chinese culture characterized by Confucian thoughts
(e.g., self-discipline and moderation) and some additional traits
nurtured by their respective environments. Consequently, findings of
this study lent support to the hypothesis that, in spite of superficial
discontinuities, there are basic continuities in the personality traits
of mainland and overseas Chinese. The cross-cultural differences in
personality were examined from a political-social perspective and also
explained with a cultural-ecological model. In the development of the
MTPI, a new methodology that relies on forming factor-consistent
clusters was employed to deal successfully with the problem of complex
factor space.
AB - An emic approach was adopted to develop a culture-specific instrument
for the assessment of Chinese personality. The Multi-Trait Personality
Inventory (MTPI) was administered to 1,673 men and 944 women in four
major Chinese populations. It was found that Chinese m mainland China,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States possess some common traits
deeply rooted in the Chinese culture characterized by Confucian thoughts
(e.g., self-discipline and moderation) and some additional traits
nurtured by their respective environments. Consequently, findings of
this study lent support to the hypothesis that, in spite of superficial
discontinuities, there are basic continuities in the personality traits
of mainland and overseas Chinese. The cross-cultural differences in
personality were examined from a political-social perspective and also
explained with a cultural-ecological model. In the development of the
MTPI, a new methodology that relies on forming factor-consistent
clusters was employed to deal successfully with the problem of complex
factor space.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327752jpa5903_8
DO - 10.1207/s15327752jpa5903_8
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 1487807
AN - SCOPUS:0027032637
SN - 0022-3891
VL - 59
SP - 528
EP - 551
JO - Journal of Personality Assessment
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
IS - 3
ER -