Leung, Kwok and Lam, Ben C. P. and Bond, Michael Harris and Conway, Lucian Gideon and Gornick, Laura Janelle and Amponsah, B. and Boehnke, Klaus and Dragolov, Georgi and Burgess, Steven Michael and Golestaneh, Maha and Busch, Holger and Hoter, Jan and Del Espinosa, Alejandra Carmen Dominguez and Fardis, Makon and Rosnah Ismail and Kurman, Jenny and Nadezhda M., Nadezhda M. and Tatarko, Alexander N. and Sam, David Lackland and Teixeira, Maria Luisa Mendes and Yamaguchi, Susumu and Fukuzawa, A. and Zhang, Jianxin and Zhou, Fan (2012) Developing and evaluating the social axioms survey in eleven countries: Its relationship with the five-factor model of personality. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43 (5). pp. 833-857. ISSN 0022-0221
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Abstract
Based on a deductive, culturally decentered approach, new items were generated to improve the reliability of the original Social Axioms Survey, which measures individuals' general beliefs about the world. In Study 1, results from 11 countries support the original five-factor structure and achieve higher reliability for the axiom dimensions as measured by the new scale. Moreover, moderate but meaningful associations between axiom and Big-Five personality dimensions were found. Temporal change of social axioms at the culture level was examined and found to be moderate. In Study 2, additional new items were generated for social complexity and fate control, then assessed in Hong Kong and the United States. Reliability was further improved for both dimensions. Additionally, two subfactors of fate control were identified: fate determinism and fate alterability. Fate determinism, but not fate alterability, related positively to neuroticism. Other relationships between axiom and personality dimensions were similar to those reported in Study 1. The short forms of the axiom dimensions were generally reliable and correlated highly with the long forms. This research thus provides a stronger foundation for applying the construct of social axioms around the world.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Attitudes, Beliefs, Personality, Social cognition, Values |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Department: | SCHOOL > School of Psychology and Social Work |
| Depositing User: | ADMIN ADMIN |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2012 17:26 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2017 15:09 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/5483 |
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