The five factor model of personality and individualism/collectivism in South Africa: an exploratory study
The Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality is one of the prominent models in contemporary psychology and defines personality in terms of five broad factors, namely, Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Recent research, however, questions the compre...
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| description | The Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality is one of the prominent models in contemporary psychology and defines personality in terms of five broad factors, namely, Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Recent research, however, questions the comprehensiveness of the FFM with evidence indicating the presence of other factors not addressed in the FFM most notably Individualism/Collectivism. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship of the FFM of personality to Individualism/Collectivism in a sample of 176 students from the University of the Witwatersrand using the Basic Traits Inventory and the Individualism/Collectivism scale. Results indicate that there were no significant relationships between the five factors and Individualism/Collectivism. In addition no significant difference was found between race and the five factors and Individualism/Collectivism. There were also no significant differences between home language and the five factors and Individualism/Collectivism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-431a1b5c6ae442f0bd0746c3f96faa6d2025-08-20T03:58:21ZengDepartment of Psychology, Stellenbosch UniversityPsychology in Society1015-60462009-01-01373954The five factor model of personality and individualism/collectivism in South Africa: an exploratory studyLiesl VogtSumaya LaherThe Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality is one of the prominent models in contemporary psychology and defines personality in terms of five broad factors, namely, Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Recent research, however, questions the comprehensiveness of the FFM with evidence indicating the presence of other factors not addressed in the FFM most notably Individualism/Collectivism. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship of the FFM of personality to Individualism/Collectivism in a sample of 176 students from the University of the Witwatersrand using the Basic Traits Inventory and the Individualism/Collectivism scale. Results indicate that there were no significant relationships between the five factors and Individualism/Collectivism. In addition no significant difference was found between race and the five factors and Individualism/Collectivism. There were also no significant differences between home language and the five factors and Individualism/Collectivism.http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1015-60462009000200003collectivismculturefive factor modellanguageindividualismpersonalityrace |
| spellingShingle | Liesl Vogt Sumaya Laher The five factor model of personality and individualism/collectivism in South Africa: an exploratory study Psychology in Society collectivism culture five factor model language individualism personality race |
| title | The five factor model of personality and individualism/collectivism in South Africa: an exploratory study |
| title_full | The five factor model of personality and individualism/collectivism in South Africa: an exploratory study |
| title_fullStr | The five factor model of personality and individualism/collectivism in South Africa: an exploratory study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The five factor model of personality and individualism/collectivism in South Africa: an exploratory study |
| title_short | The five factor model of personality and individualism/collectivism in South Africa: an exploratory study |
| title_sort | five factor model of personality and individualism collectivism in south africa an exploratory study |
| topic | collectivism culture five factor model language individualism personality race |
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