Age differences in the sixth personality factor: age differences in interpersonal relatedness among Canadians and Hong Kong Chinese.
Cross-cultural studies on personality in which a combined etic-emic approach has been used have found a 6th personality factor--Interpersonal Relatedness--in addition to the usual Big Five. The authors examined age differences in Interpersonal Relatedness among Canadians and Hong Kong Chinese after statistically controlling for the Big Five. Age differences in some aspects of Interpersonal Relatedness were found among Hong Kong Chinese but not among Canadians, suggesting that development of some personality characteristics may differ across cultures.
Fung
Helene H
HH
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. hhlfung@psy.cuhk.edu.hk
Ng
Siu-Kei
SK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D002170:Canada; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality