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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
psychology
The Effect of Response Style on Self-Reported Conscientiousness Across 20 Countries
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Volume 38, No. 11, Year 2012
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Rankings of countries on mean levels of self-reported Conscientiousness continue to puzzle researchers. Based on the hypothesis that cross-cultural differences in the tendency to prefer extreme response categories of ordinal rating scales over moderate categories can influence the comparability of self-reports, this study investigated possible effects of response style on the mean levels of self-reported Conscientiousness in 22 samples from 20 countries. Extreme and neutral responding were estimated based on respondents' ratings of 30 hypothetical people described in short vignettes. In the vignette ratings, clear cross-sample differences in extreme and neutral responding emerged. These responding style differences were correlated with mean self-reported Conscientiousness scores. Correcting self-reports for extreme and neutral responding changed sample rankings of Conscientiousness, as well as the predictive validities of these rankings for external criteria. The findings suggest that the puzzling country rankings of self-reported Conscientiousness may to some extent result from differences in response styles. © 2012 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mõttus, René
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikool
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Allïk, Jüri
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikool
Estonia, Tallinn
Academia Scientiarum Estoniae
Realo, Anu
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikool
Rossier, Jérôme
Switzerland, Lausanne
Université de Lausanne Unil
Zecca, Gregory
Switzerland, Lausanne
Université de Lausanne Unil
Ah-Kion, Jennifer
Mauritius, Reduit
University of Mauritius
Amoussou-Yéyé, Dénis
Benin, Cotonou
University of Abomey-calavi
Bäckström, Martin
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Barkauskienė, Rasa
Lithuania, Vilnius
Vilniaus Universitetas
Barry, Oumar
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Bhowon, Uma
Mauritius, Reduit
University of Mauritius
Björklund, Fredrik
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Bochaver, Aleksandra
Russian Federation, Moscow
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
Bochaver, Konstantin
Russian Federation, Moscow
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
De Bruin, Gideon Pieter
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of Johannesburg
Cabrera, Helena F.
Philippines, Manila
University of Santo Tomas, Manila
Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Church, A. Timothy
United States, Pullman
Washington State University Pullman
Cissé, Daouda Dougoumalé
Mali, Bamako
University of Bamako
Dahourou, Donatien
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
University of Ouagadougou
Feng, Xiaohang
China, Changchun
Changchun Normal University
Guan, Yanjun
China, Beijing
Renmin University of China
Hwang, Hyi Sung
United States, San Francisco
San Francisco State University
Idris, Fazilah
Malaysia, Bangi
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Katigbak, Marcia S.
United States, Pullman
Washington State University Pullman
Kuppens, Peter
Australia, Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Kwiatkowska, Anna
Poland, Warszawa
Polish Academy of Sciences
Laurinavičius, Alfredas
Lithuania, Vilnius
Mykolas Romeris University
Mastor, Khairul A.
Malaysia, Bangi
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Matsumoto, David
United States, San Francisco
San Francisco State University
Riemann, Rainer
Germany, Bielefeld
Universität Bielefeld
Schug, Joanna
Japan, Sapporo
Hokkaido University
Simpson, Brian
United States, San Francisco
San Francisco State University
Ng-Tseung, Caroline
Mauritius, Reduit
University of Mauritius
Johnson, Wendy
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Statistics
Citations: 74
Authors: 35
Affiliations: 26
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/0146167212451275
ISSN:
01461672
e-ISSN:
15527433