title: A multicultural study of stereotyping in English-speaking countries.
abstract: Citizens of 9 different English-speaking countries (N = 619) evaluated the average, or typical, citizen of 5 English-speaking countries (Great Britain, Canada, Nigeria, United States, Australia) on 9 pairs of bipolar adjectives. Participants were drawn from Australia, Botswana, Canada, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, the United States, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. There were statistically significant similarities in the rankings of the 5 stimulus countries on 8 of the 9 adjective dimensions and a strong convergence of autostereotypes and heterostereotypes on many traits. The results relate to previous stereotyping research and traditional methods of assessing the accuracy of national stereotypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Knox College.
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: McAndrew
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akande
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bridgstock
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mealey
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Scheib
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Akande-Adetoun
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Odewale
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morakinyo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nyahete
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mubvakure
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D009549:Nigeria; D012649:Self Concept; D013019:South Africa; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015024:Zambia; D015030:Zimbabwe