How Universal Is the General Factor of Personality? An Analysis of the Big Five in Forager Farmers of the Bolivian Amazon

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ID2314923
AuthorsDimitri Van Der Linden (0000-0001-7098-8948, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, corresponding author), Curtis S Dunkel (0000-0001-5639-3278, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, USA), Aurelio José Figueredo (0000-0003-4397-6460, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA), M Gurven (0000-0002-5661-527X, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA), Chris Von Rueden (0000-0002-3225-5791, University of Richmond), Christopher Von Rueden (University of Richmond, VA, USA), Michael A Woodley Of Menie (0000-0002-2841-9124, Unz Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, USA)
Year2018
Volume49
Issue7
Pages1081-1097
Publication date2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022022118774925
PMID30046184
OpenAlexW2806651857
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited52

In various personality models, such as the Big Five, a consistent higher order general factor of personality (GFP) can be identified. One view in the literature is that the GFP reflects general social effectiveness. Most GFP studies, however, have been conducted in Western, educated, industrialized, and rich democracies (WEIRD). Therefore, to address the question of the universality of the GFP, we test whether the GFP can also be identified in a preliterate indigenous sample of Tsimane by using self-reports, spouse reports, and interviewer ratings. In the Tsimane, a viable GFP could be identified and the intercorrelations between personality traits were significantly stronger than in samples from industrial countries. The GFP correlated with the ratings of social engagement. In addition, self and spouse ratings of the GFP overlapped. Overall, the findings are in line with the notion that the GFP is a human universal and a substantive personality factor reflecting social effectiveness

Big Five personality traits · Big Five personality traits and culture · Biology · Hierarchical structure of the Big Five · Indigenous · Personality · Sociology · Spouse · Cultural Differences and Values · Ecology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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