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| Adult age differences in personality traits in the United States and the People's Republic of China | | Author(s) | Jian Yang, Robert McCrae, Paul T Costa |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 53B, no 6, November 1998 |
| Pages | pp P375-383 |
| Keywords | Personality ; Age groups [elderly] ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Cross sectional surveys ; Cross cultural surveys ; United States of America ; China. |
| Annotation | Life experiences for corresponding age cohorts in the US and China have been dramatically different. If cohort effects account for cross-sectional age differences in mean levels of personality traits, different patterns of age differences should be seen in the samples from both populations. This study examined scores on scales from the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) in a sample of 348 Americans aged 19 to 92, and 2,093 Chinese aged 18 to 67. Very similar patterns of age correlations were seen. To compare results to other cross-cultural studies, CPI scales were interpreted in terms of the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality. An FFM Age-Relatedness Index based on US data accurately predicted CPI age correlations not only for the US but also in the Chinese sample. Results are consistent with the hypothesis that there are universal intrinsic maturational changes in personality. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990304006 A |
| Classmark | DK: BB: DA: 4C: 3KB: 3KA: 7T: 7DC |
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