title: Development and Initial Validation of the Multicultural Personality Inventory (MPI).
abstract: Two studies summarize the development and initial validation of the Multicultural Personality Inventory (MPI). In Study 1, the 115-item prototype MPI was administered to 415 university students where exploratory factor analysis resulted in a 70-item, 7-factor model. In Study 2, the 70-item MPI and theoretically related companion instruments were administered to a multisite sample of 576 university students. Confirmatory factory analysis found the 7-factor structure to be a relatively good fit to the data (Comparative Fit Index =.954; root mean square error of approximation =.057), and MPI factors predicted variance in criterion variables above and beyond the variance accounted for by broad personality traits (i.e., Big Five). Study limitations and directions for further validation research are specified.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Psychological and Educational Services , Fordham University at Lincoln Center.
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ponterotto
authors.forename: Alexander W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Fietzer
authors.forename: Esther C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Fingerhut
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woerner
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stack
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Magaldi-Dopman
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rust
authors.forename: Gen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Yu-Ting
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Renaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alba
authors.forename: Miraj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Chantel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frazier
authors.forename: Alyse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: LaRue
authors.forename: Pei-Wen
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult