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Personality Structure in Brazil and the United States

1974; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 92; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00224545.1974.9923067

1940-1183

Aroldo Rodrígues, Andrew L. Comrey,

Psychological Testing and Assessment

Summary The Comrey Personality Scales were translated into Portuguese and administered to 689 volunteer students at four universities in Rio de Janeiro. Total scores were obtained for 40 homogeneous item subgroups of four items each. These 40 variables plus two validation scale scores, age, and sex were intercorrelated and factor analyzed by the minimum residual method. Orthogonal analytic rotations were carried out by the Tandem Criteria method. The results were compared with those reported in the Comrey Personality Scales manual for an identical study with subjects from the United States. Exactly eight factors were obtained in both studies, and the correspondence between the factors was very close. It was concluded that the major factors of personality are not specific to a given culture.