Faculty Publications
Cross-Observer Agreement and Self-Concept Consistency Across Cultures: Integrating Trait and Cultural Psychology Perspectives
Document Type
Article
Keywords
Culture, Cross-observer agreement, Social Relations Model, Self-construals, Dialecticism, Tightness-looseness
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of Research in Personality
Volume
47
Issue
1
First Page
78
Last Page
89
Abstract
The Social Relations Model was used to compare cross-observer agreement and self-concept consistency in trait judgments in the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, and China. Target participants recruited friends and family members who comprised separate friend and family round-robin groups. Consistent with trait perspectives, in all cultures, (a) consensus and self-other agreement in trait judgments was found for most traits within the friend and family contexts, (b) across-context consensus was observed for at least some traits, and (c) self-concept consistency across contexts was substantial. Consistent with cultural psychology perspectives, consensus was generally greatest in the United States, intermediate in Mexico and Venezuela, and lowest in China. However, measures of dialecticism, self-construals, and cultural tightness failed to account for the cultural differences.
Department
Department of Languages and Literatures
Original Publication Date
2-1-2013
DOI of published version
10.1016/j.jrp.2012.09.003
Recommended Citation
Wang, Congcong; Church, Timothy A.; Katigbak, Marcia S.; Mazuera Arias, Rina; Rincon, Brigida Carolina; Vargas-Flores, Jose de Jesus; Ibanez-Reyes, Joselina; Wang, Lei; Alvarez, Juan M.; and Ortiz, Fernando A., "Cross-Observer Agreement and Self-Concept Consistency Across Cultures: Integrating Trait and Cultural Psychology Perspectives" (2013). Faculty Publications. 6358.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/6358
