title: Comparability of the Social Behavior Inventory in English and Dutch.
abstract: The Social Behavior Inventory (SBI) assesses social behaviors along the 2 orthogonal axes defining the interpersonal circumplex; that is, in terms of quarrelsomeness-agreeableness and dominance-submissiveness. To contribute to evidence evaluating the cross-cultural construct validity of the SBI, we investigated whether there are differences in how English-speaking students living in Canada and Dutch-speaking students living in The Netherlands view the SBI items. Results suggested there is similarity in the meaning of the items in the 2 cultures. The location of the original English SBI items on the 2 axes of the interpersonal circumplex was generally as expected. Similar results were found for a Dutch translation of the SBI. Differences occurred primarily along the dominance-submissiveness axis and could be explained by cultural differences in men's focus on power.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. m.aan.het.rot@rug.nl
authors.forename: Marije
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: aan het Rot
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hogenelst
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Moskowitz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students; D014177:Translations