Kernel structure of the combined English, Dutch, and Polish personality type-nouns, with a critical test against a type-noun based structure in Swahili

• Published in: Journal of research in personality Vol. 106; p. 104415
• Main Authors: De Raad, Boele, Volungevičienė, Ana, Čolović, Petar, De Roover, Kim, Garrashi, Harrun, Gorbaniuk, Oleg
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.10.2023
• Subjects: Kernel structure; Psycho-lexical approach; Traits; Type-nouns; Type-nouns; Kernel structure; Psycho-lexical approach; Traits
• ISSN: 0092-6566; 1095-7251
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104415

•Type-nouns common to English, Dutch, and Polish were studied, & compared to Swahili.•The joint structure in English, Dutch, and Polish exhibits Big Five plus Conformism.•Swahili type-nouns emphasize morality, Negative Valence, and Agreeableness-content.•Type-nouns generally are rhetorical-affronting; in Swahili it is more edifying.•Type-nouns add to the descriptive potential of the personality trait vocabulary. We compared three trait-structures based on type-nouns, to find their common kernel structure. We used ratings from 607 participants on 372 English type-nouns, 800 participants on 571 Dutch type-nouns, and 1,325 participants on 454 Polish typenouns. PCA based factor structures were compared using congruence coefficients. SCA was applied on a joint matrix of type-nouns with ratings from a total of 2,737 participants on 331 type-nouns shared by all three languages. The resulting structure reflected versions of the Big Five, yet narrowed to their oratory role. Finally, the results were compared with a type-nouns based structure in Swahili.