Cultural Similarities and Differences in Perceived Affordances of Situations for Big Five Behaviors.
The perceived affordance or conduciveness of various situations for Big Five behaviors was investigated in the United States (N = 188) and the Philippines (N = 215). The basic proposition that different situations afford different trait-relevant behaviors was supported, at least in the perceptions of cultural informants. Cultural similarities exceeded differences, and in both cultures individuals perceived Big Five behaviors as expressed in if-then patterns of variation across situations. Americans and Filipinos showed some similarity in the general dimensions along which situations are construed, but meaningful differences in the construal of certain interpersonal situations were also observed. The findings contribute to efforts to integrate person and situation approaches in personality and social psychology.
Church
A Timothy
AT
Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology, Washington State University.
Katigbak
Marcia S
MS
Del Prado
Alicia M
AM
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