This paper examined the psychometric properties of the Serbian version of a multicultural personality inventory (Multicultural Personality Questionnaire – MPQ). The sample consisted of 329 student teachers. The revised version of the questionnaire to the Serbian language consists of 91 items that evaluate five constructs that are assumed to underlie multicultural personality: cultural empathy, ...

This study examined the relationship between multicultural personality dispositions and trait emotional intelligence. The sample included 152 graduate education students enrolled at a university in a large northeastern city of the United States. The multicultural personality dispositions of Cultural Empathy and Social Initiative predicted variance in trait emotional intelligence above and beyon...

The present paper examined the validity of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). As criteria of validity three levels of adjustment were used. The study took place among a sample of expatriates (N = 102) during their assignment in Taiwan. The MPQ has scales for cultural empathy, open-mindedness, social initiative, emotional stability and flexibility. The MPQ-scales appeared to be p...

0191-8869/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.11.015 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 519 661 3685. E-mail address: [email protected] (J.P. Rushton). In three studies, we analyzed validation data from personality questionnaires to test whether a general factor of personality (GFP) occupies the apex of the multi-factorial hierarchy. In Study 1, we carried out a cross-val...

This research explored students’ artistic preferences for musical and visual arts (paintings) from different world cultures, outside the dominant Western European Anglo-Saxon art field. The main goal of was to examine possibility predicting these based on multicultural personality traits, within concept effectiveness. A total 427 participants took part in study. following instruments were used:...

A longitudinal study found that the psychological approach individuals take when immersed in a general multicultural environment can predict subsequent career success. Using a culturally diverse sample, we found that ‘‘multicultural engagement’’—the extent to which students adapted to and learned about new cultures—during a highly international 10-month master of business administration (MBA) p...

Background The advances in communication and transportation facilities have accelerated the formation of multicultural societies worldwide. Personality traits may be one most important indicators adapting to environments. Educational environ-ments are terms composition students they serve. present study investigated predictive role Big Five Dark Triad personality on attitude efficacy (MAE) amon...

A longitudinal study found that the psychological approach individuals take when immersed in a general multicultural environment can predict subsequent career success. Using a culturally diverse sample, we found that ‘‘multicultural engagement’’—the extent to which students adapted to and learned about new cultures—during a highly international 10-month master of business administration (MBA) p...

Personality disorders are presumed to be stable because of underlying stable and maladaptive personality traits, but while previous research has demonstrated a link between personality traits and personality disorders cross-sectionally, personality disorders and personality traits have not been linked longitudinally. This study explores the extent to which relevant personality traits are stable...