Arab-Levantine personality structure: A psycholexical study of modern standard Arabic in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the West Bank.

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      Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2985194R Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1467-6494 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00223506 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Pers Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 1998- : Malden, Ma. : Blackwell Publishers
      Original Publication: Durham, N. C. : Duke University Press, c1946-
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    • Abstract:
      Objective: The debate of whether personality traits are universal or culture-specific has been informed by psycholexical (or lexical) studies conducted in tens of languages and cultures. We contribute to this debate through a series of studies in which we investigated personality descriptors in Modern Standard Arabic, the variety of Arabic that is presumably common to about 26 countries and native to more than 200 million people.
      Method: We identified an appropriate source of personality descriptors, extracted them, and systematically reduced them to 167 personality traits that are common, are not redundant with each other, and are familiar and commonly understood in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the West Bank (Palestinian territories).
      Results: We then analyzed self- and peer ratings (N = 806) and identified a six-factor solution comprising Morality (I), Conscientiousness (II), Positive Emotionality (III), Dominance (IV), Agreeableness/Righteousness (V), and Emotional Stability (VI) without replicating an Openness factor.
      Conclusions: The factors were narrower or broader variants of factors found in the Big Five and HEXACO models. Conceptual and methodological considerations may have impacted the factor structure.
      (© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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      Keywords: Arab personality; Arab-Levant; Big Five; emic-etic; psycholexical
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20170517 Date Completed: 20191018 Latest Revision: 20191018
    • Publication Date:
      20240104
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/jopy.12324
    • Accession Number:
      28509383