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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
psychology
The Five-Factor Model of Personality in South African College Students
American Behavioral Scientist, Volume 44, No. 1, Year 2000
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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. © 2000, Sage Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Heuchert, J. W.P.
United States, Meadville
Allegheny College
Parker, Wayne D.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Stumpf, Heinrich
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Myburgh, Chris Petrus Hendrikus
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of Johannesburg
Statistics
Citations: 76
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/00027640021956125
ISSN:
00027642