On the Cross-Cultural Replicability of the Resilient, Undercontrolled, and Overcontrolled Personality Types

Personality types reflect typical configurations of personality attributes within individuals. Over the last 20 years, researchers have identified a set of three replicable personality types: resilient (R), undercontrolled (U), and overcontrolled (O) types. In this study, we examined the cross‐cultu...

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Published inJournal of personality Vol. 82; no. 4; pp. 340 - 353
Main Authors Alessandri, Guido, Vecchione, Michele, Donnellan, Brent M., Eisenberg, Nancy, Caprara, Gian Vittorio, Cieciuch, Jan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2014
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Behavioural psychology
Cluster analysis
Cross cultural studies
Cross-cultural analysis
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Culture
Female
Five factor model
Generalizability
Humans
Italy
Linguistics
Male
Personality
Personality Assessment
Personality Development
Personality psychology
Poland
Reproducibility of Results
Resilience, Psychological
Spain
Students
U.S.A
United States
Young Adult
Poland
Italy
United States
Spain
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Summary:Personality types reflect typical configurations of personality attributes within individuals. Over the last 20 years, researchers have identified a set of three replicable personality types: resilient (R), undercontrolled (U), and overcontrolled (O) types. In this study, we examined the cross‐cultural replicability of the RUO types in Italy, Poland, Spain, and the United States. Personality types were identified using cluster analyses of Big Five profiles in large samples of college students from Italy (n = 322), the United States (n = 499), Spain (n = 420), and Poland (n = 235). Prior to clustering the profiles, the measurement invariance of the Big Five measure across samples was tested. We found evidence for the RUO types in all four samples. The three‐cluster solution showed a better fit over alternative solutions and had a relatively high degree of cross‐cultural generalizability. The RUO types are evident in samples from four countries with distinct linguistic and cultural traditions. Results were discussed in light of the importance of considering how traits are organized within individuals for advancing contemporary personality psychology.
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ISSN:0022-3506
1467-6494
DOI:10.1111/jopy.12065