A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Certain Personality FACT0R.S

Forbes, Alan R.; Dexter, Wayne R.; Comrey, Andrew L.

doi:10.1207/s15327906mbr0904_1

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“…The replicability of these eight personality factors had been well established by empirical studies at the time the CPS was published. Several subsequent studies by Comrey and other investigators provided additional confirming evidence demonstrating the robustness of this eight-factor taxonomy in diverse cultural settings in the United States and abroad (Forbes, Dexter, & Comrey, 1974;~r~t~~ ~ Comrey, 1982;Rodrigues & Comrey, 1974;Vandenberg & Price, 1978;Zamudio, Pad-illa, & ~®r~r~y9 1983). Studies showing the clinical utility of these constructs and a discussion of their interesting connection to psychoanalytic theory are presented in Comrey (1980).…”

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Comparison of Two Methods to Identify Major Personality Factors

Comrey

1984

Applied Psychological Measurement

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Both Howarth and Comrey have developed taxon omies of personality traits and inventories to measure them. The Howarth Personality Questionnaire and Ad ditional Personality Factor inventories include 20 fac tors, whereas the Comrey Personality Scales (CPS) taxonomy includes eight factors. Howarth identified his factors through factor analysis of items, whereas Comrey identified his primary level factors through factor analysis of conceptually distinct clusters of ho mogeneous items, called Factored Homogeneous Item Dimensions (FHIDs), while avoiding the inclusion of highly redundant variables in the same analysis. Data for all three inventories were collected from the same subjects and factor analyzed. The Howarth factor scales were narrower in content and more highly over lapping than the CPS factor scales. Most of the Ho warth factor scales were good marker variables for the CPS primary factors. Five CPS factors had major loadings for more than one of the Howarth factor scales. The CPS Emotional Stability vs. Neuroticism (S) primary level factor was split into several lower level factors in the Howarth system. Factor analysis of items is recommended to identify FHIDs. Factor anal ysis of FHIDs, in which no two FHIDs are merely al ternate forms of the same conceptual variable, is rec ommended to identify the major primary factors of personality.

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Comparison of Two Methods to Identify Major Personality Factors

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1984

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“…Lack of Energy (A), Emotional Stability vs. Neuroticism (S), Extraversion vs. Introversion (E), Masculinity vs. Femininity (M), and Empathy vs. Egocentrism (P). This personality taxonomy, as developed by Comrey and coauthors, building on the work of other factor theorists, has been substantially replicated by other investigators using different samples of subjects in the United States (Vandenberg & Price, 1978) and in other countries (Forbes, Dexter, & Comrey, 1974;Rodrigues & Comrey, 1974).…”

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Personality Construct Similarity in Israel and the United States

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Comrey

1982

Applied Psychological Measurement

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A translated version of the Comrey Personality Scales was administered to 185 male applicants for motor vehicle operator's license in Israel after special measures were taken to reduce response distortion. Total scores were computed for these subjects over each of the 40 homogeneous item subgroups that define the eight personality factors in the taxonomy underlying the Comrey Personality Scales. Factor analysis of the intercorrelations among these 40 subvariables resulted in substantial confirmation of seven of the eight hypothesized factors. Failure of the eighth factor to emerge may have been due to higher average scores and lower standard deviations for the item groups defining this particular factor, possibly caused by the special conditions under which the subjects were tested. The overall results of this study provide further evidence confirming the robustness of the taxonomy of personality traits underlying the Comrey Personality Scales across language and cultural boundaries.

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