Personality, culture and extreme response style: A multilevel modelling analysis

• Published in: Journal of research in personality Vol. 101; p. 104301
• Main Authors: Klar, Anna, Christopher Costello, Shane, Sadusky, Andrea, Kraska, Jake
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Beugelsdijk and Welze’s cultural dimensions; Cultural psychology; Five factor model of personality; Holfstede’s cultural dimensions; Individual differences; Measurement error; Psychometric scales and assessment; Quantitative research; Response bias; Survey research; Survey research; Five factor model of personality; Quantitative research; Beugelsdijk and Welze’s cultural dimensions; Individual differences; Response bias; Cultural psychology; Holfstede’s cultural dimensions; Measurement error; Psychometric scales and assessment
• ISSN: 0092-6566; 1095-7251
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104301

[Display omitted] •Including personality in models gave the best improvement in model fit.•Holfstede’s and Beugelsdijk & Welzel’s cultural dimensions predicted ERS similarly.•Survey administrators should consider the influence of personality on responses. This study investigated the dual contribution of personality traits and cultural dimensions to Extreme Response Style, while controlling for the effects of age, gender, and GDP per capita. Participant data was extracted from the myPersonality Project (n = 173,075). Multilevel modelling compared 10 models to determine which variables best predicted Extreme Response Style. Models that included personality demonstrated significantly better fit than those with cultural values alone. Personality factors predicted Extreme Response Style more strongly than the other tested variables, with Openness to Experience showing the strongest relationship. Effect sizes for all fixed effects across all models were small. Limitations included the inability to determine participants’ subcultures or migration statuses, online recruitment method, and small sample sizes in some countries.