Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1
Personality across Cultures: Historical Overview and Current Topics

A. Timothy Church

CHAPTER 2
The Five-Factor Model across Cultures

Robert R. McCrae

CHAPTER 3
Personality Structure and Assessment in French-Speaking African Cultures

Jérôme Rossier, Abdoulaye Ouedraogo, and Donatien Dahourou

CHAPTER 4
Indigenous Measurement of Personality in Asia

Fanny M. Cheung, Weiqiao Fan, and Shu Fai Cheung

CHAPTER 5
Indigenous Personality Structure and Measurement in South Africa

Velichko H. Fetvadjiev, Deon Meiring, Jan Alewyn Nel, Carin Hill, and Fons J. R. van de Vijver

CHAPTER 6
Psycholexical Studies of Personality Structure across Cultures

Boele De Raad and Boris Mlačić

CHAPTER 7
How Valid Are Culture-Level Mean Personality Scores?

Jüri Allik and Anu Realo

CHAPTER 8
Regional Differences in Personality: Causes and Consequences

Peter J. Rentfrow and Markus Jokela

CHAPTER 9
Bias and Equivalence in Cross-Cultural Personality Research

Fons J. R. van de Vijver and Jia He

CHAPTER 10
Trait Consistency and Validity across Cultures: Examining Trait and Cultural Psychology Perspectives

A. Timothy Church and Marcia S. Katigbak

CHAPTER 11
Toward a Psychology of Situations across Cultures

Esther Guillaume, Nick Stauner, and David C. Funder

About the Editor, Advisory Board, Contributors, and Additional Reviewers

Index