Sociability across Eastern–Western cultures

Is it the same underlying construct

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ID21391935
AutoresXiaoxue Kong (0000-0001-9350-3536, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada, autor correspondente), Christina A Brook (0000-0002-2971-0474, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada), Jiayi Zhong (0000-0002-7848-0118, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University Shanghai China, autor correspondente), Junsheng Liu (0000-0002-6823-0617, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University Shanghai China), Louis Schmidt (0000-0001-7954-0664, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada)
Ano2024
Volume65
Fascículo6
Páginas1075-1085
Data de publicação2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoScandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjop.13053
PMID38981853
OpenAlexW4400515928
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas63

In this study, we examined cross‐cultural differences in sociability, a core personality facet of the higher order extraversion trait, which has been reported at lower levels in Eastern versus Western cultures several decades ago. Up until now, however, East–West cultural comparisons on the Western‐defined construct of sociability have been limited, despite the extensive research published on extraversion indicating that this personality dimension is globally relevant across cultures. Following current practices, we first assessed for measurement invariance (MI) on the Cheek and Buss sociability scale between Chinese ( n = 816, 47.2% male, M = 18.51 years, SD = 1.26 years) and Canadian ( n = 995, 30.8% male, M = 19.62 years, SD = 1.25 years) young adult samples to ensure any comparisons would be valid and meaningful. Results from a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (exact invariance) showed that there was measurement non‐invariance at the scalar level in the sociability construct across country and country by sex, and the newer alignment method (approximate invariance) confirmed these results, suggesting that mean level comparisons of sociability were biased and noninformative. Our findings indicated that although a few of the higher‐level personality dimensions such as extraversion are considered universal, the facets underlying their meaning, like sociability, are not as clearly delineated between cultures. Alongside the present‐day pursuit of understanding personality across cultures through an indigenous measurement lens in tandem with the notion of universality, researchers should also consider narrowing their focus onto lower‐level facets, each of which is likely to be uniquely embedded into a cultural context

Big Five personality traits · Confirmatory factor analysis · Construct (python library) · Cross-cultural studies · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Facet (psychology) · Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory · Measurement invariance · Personality · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Trait · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Mathematics · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology