Multicultural Validation of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire Shortened Form (ZKA-PQ/SF) Across 18 Countries

Anton Aluja; Jérôme Rossier; Barry Oumar; Luis F. García; Tarek Bellaj; Fritz Ostendorf; Willibald Ruch; Wei Wang; Zsuzsanna Kövi; Dawid Ścigała; Đorđe Čekrlija; Adam W. Stivers; Lisa Di Blas; Mauricio Valdivia; Sonia Ben Jemaa; Kokou A. Atitsogbe; Michel Hansenne; Joseph Glicksohn

doi:10.1177/1073191119831770

Multicultural Validation of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire Shortened Form (ZKA-PQ/SF) Across 18 Countries

Anton Aluja
, Jérôme Rossier
, Barry Oumar
, Luis F. García
, Tarek Bellaj
, Fritz Ostendorf
, Willibald Ruch
, Wei Wang
, Zsuzsanna Kövi
, Dawid Ścigała
, Đorđe Čekrlija
, Adam W. Stivers
, Lisa Di Blas
, Mauricio Valdivia
, Sonia Ben Jemaa
, Kokou A. Atitsogbe
, Michel Hansenne
, Joseph Glicksohn

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

28 Scopus citations

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire shortened form (ZKA-PQ/SF) in 18 cultures and 13 languages of different African, American, Asian, and European cultures and languages. The results showed that the five-factor structure with 20 facets replicated well across cultures with a total congruence coefficient of.97. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) resulted in adequate fit indices for the five factors based on the comparative fit index (CFI), Tucker–Lewis index (TLI; >.90), and RMSEA (.031-.081). A series of CFA to assess measurement invariance across cultures resulted in adequate CFIs and TLIs for configural and metric invariance. However, factors did not show scalar invariance. Alpha internal consistencies of five factors ranged between.77 (Sensation Seeking) and.86 (Neuroticism). The average alpha of the 20 facets was.64 with a range from.43 (SS4) to.75 (AG1). Nevertheless, alpha reliabilities were lower in some facets and cultures, especially for Senegal and Togo. The average percentage of the variance explained based on the adjusted R² was 2.9%, 1.7%, and 5.1% for age, sex, and, cultures, respectively. Finally, multidimensional scaling suggested that geographically or culturally close cultures share mean profile similarities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	728-748
Number of pages	21
Journal	Assessment
Volume	27
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191119831770
State	Published - 1 Jun 2020

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.

Funding

We would like to thank Dr. Verònica Martínez-Benet, expert in cross-cultural personality studies, for her comments and suggestions for the improvement of this article. Dr. Benet-Martínez was the founder and director of the Multicultural Identity Laboratory at the University of California. At present, Dr. Martínez-Benet works as ICREA Research Professor at Pompeu Fabra University’s Department of Political and Social Sciences and the head of the research group BESS (Behavioral and Experimental Social Sciences) in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). We would like to thank all the collaborators who have provided data for this study, and for the contribution to the writing, analysis of data, and suggestions by Jérôme Rossier, Luis. F. García, Fritz Ostendorf, and Adam Stivers. We also want to thank Professor Marvin Zuckerman for his great contribution to our understanding of the psychology of personality. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Funders
University of California

Keywords

ZKA-PQ
ZKA-PQ/SF
alternative five-factor personality model
culture
factorial invariance

Access to Document

10.1177/1073191119831770

Cite this

Aluja, A., Rossier, J., Oumar, B., García, L. F., Bellaj, T., Ostendorf, F., Ruch, W., Wang, W., Kövi, Z., Ścigała, D., Čekrlija, Đ., Stivers, A. W., Di Blas, L., Valdivia, M., Ben Jemaa, S., Atitsogbe, K. A., Hansenne, M., & Glicksohn, J. (2020). Multicultural Validation of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire Shortened Form (ZKA-PQ/SF) Across 18 Countries. Assessment, 27(4), 728-748. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191119831770

@article{574ff15135d94b36942d0cbaaaf42fdd,

title = "Multicultural Validation of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire Shortened Form (ZKA-PQ/SF) Across 18 Countries",

abstract = "The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire shortened form (ZKA-PQ/SF) in 18 cultures and 13 languages of different African, American, Asian, and European cultures and languages. The results showed that the five-factor structure with 20 facets replicated well across cultures with a total congruence coefficient of.97. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) resulted in adequate fit indices for the five factors based on the comparative fit index (CFI), Tucker–Lewis index (TLI; >.90), and RMSEA (.031-.081). A series of CFA to assess measurement invariance across cultures resulted in adequate CFIs and TLIs for configural and metric invariance. However, factors did not show scalar invariance. Alpha internal consistencies of five factors ranged between.77 (Sensation Seeking) and.86 (Neuroticism). The average alpha of the 20 facets was.64 with a range from.43 (SS4) to.75 (AG1). Nevertheless, alpha reliabilities were lower in some facets and cultures, especially for Senegal and Togo. The average percentage of the variance explained based on the adjusted R2 was 2.9\%, 1.7\%, and 5.1\% for age, sex, and, cultures, respectively. Finally, multidimensional scaling suggested that geographically or culturally close cultures share mean profile similarities.",

keywords = "ZKA-PQ, ZKA-PQ/SF, alternative five-factor personality model, culture, factorial invariance",

author = "Anton Aluja and J{\'e}r{\^o}me Rossier and Barry Oumar and Garc{\'i}a, \{Luis F.\} and Tarek Bellaj and Fritz Ostendorf and Willibald Ruch and Wei Wang and Zsuzsanna K{\"o}vi and Dawid {\'S}ciga{\l}a and {\D}or{\d}e {\v C}ekrlija and Stivers, \{Adam W.\} and \{Di Blas\}, Lisa and Mauricio Valdivia and \{Ben Jemaa\}, Sonia and Atitsogbe, \{Kokou A.\} and Michel Hansenne and Joseph Glicksohn",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2019.",

year = "2020",

month = jun,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1177/1073191119831770",

language = "אנגלית",

volume = "27",

pages = "728--748",

journal = "Assessment",

issn = "1073-1911",

publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",

number = "4",

}

Aluja, A, Rossier, J, Oumar, B, García, LF, Bellaj, T, Ostendorf, F, Ruch, W, Wang, W, Kövi, Z, Ścigała, D, Čekrlija, Đ, Stivers, AW, Di Blas, L, Valdivia, M, Ben Jemaa, S, Atitsogbe, KA, Hansenne, M & Glicksohn, J 2020, 'Multicultural Validation of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire Shortened Form (ZKA-PQ/SF) Across 18 Countries', Assessment, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 728-748. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191119831770

TY - JOUR

T1 - Multicultural Validation of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire Shortened Form (ZKA-PQ/SF) Across 18 Countries

AU - Aluja, Anton

AU - Rossier, Jérôme

AU - Oumar, Barry

AU - García, Luis F.

AU - Bellaj, Tarek

AU - Ostendorf, Fritz

AU - Ruch, Willibald

AU - Wang, Wei

AU - Kövi, Zsuzsanna

AU - Ścigała, Dawid

AU - Čekrlija, Đorđe

AU - Stivers, Adam W.

AU - Di Blas, Lisa

AU - Valdivia, Mauricio

AU - Ben Jemaa, Sonia

AU - Atitsogbe, Kokou A.

AU - Hansenne, Michel

AU - Glicksohn, Joseph

PY - 2020/6/1

Y1 - 2020/6/1

N2 - The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire shortened form (ZKA-PQ/SF) in 18 cultures and 13 languages of different African, American, Asian, and European cultures and languages. The results showed that the five-factor structure with 20 facets replicated well across cultures with a total congruence coefficient of.97. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) resulted in adequate fit indices for the five factors based on the comparative fit index (CFI), Tucker–Lewis index (TLI; >.90), and RMSEA (.031-.081). A series of CFA to assess measurement invariance across cultures resulted in adequate CFIs and TLIs for configural and metric invariance. However, factors did not show scalar invariance. Alpha internal consistencies of five factors ranged between.77 (Sensation Seeking) and.86 (Neuroticism). The average alpha of the 20 facets was.64 with a range from.43 (SS4) to.75 (AG1). Nevertheless, alpha reliabilities were lower in some facets and cultures, especially for Senegal and Togo. The average percentage of the variance explained based on the adjusted R2 was 2.9%, 1.7%, and 5.1% for age, sex, and, cultures, respectively. Finally, multidimensional scaling suggested that geographically or culturally close cultures share mean profile similarities.

AB - The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire shortened form (ZKA-PQ/SF) in 18 cultures and 13 languages of different African, American, Asian, and European cultures and languages. The results showed that the five-factor structure with 20 facets replicated well across cultures with a total congruence coefficient of.97. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) resulted in adequate fit indices for the five factors based on the comparative fit index (CFI), Tucker–Lewis index (TLI; >.90), and RMSEA (.031-.081). A series of CFA to assess measurement invariance across cultures resulted in adequate CFIs and TLIs for configural and metric invariance. However, factors did not show scalar invariance. Alpha internal consistencies of five factors ranged between.77 (Sensation Seeking) and.86 (Neuroticism). The average alpha of the 20 facets was.64 with a range from.43 (SS4) to.75 (AG1). Nevertheless, alpha reliabilities were lower in some facets and cultures, especially for Senegal and Togo. The average percentage of the variance explained based on the adjusted R2 was 2.9%, 1.7%, and 5.1% for age, sex, and, cultures, respectively. Finally, multidimensional scaling suggested that geographically or culturally close cultures share mean profile similarities.

KW - ZKA-PQ

KW - ZKA-PQ/SF

KW - alternative five-factor personality model

KW - culture

KW - factorial invariance

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85063214898

U2 - 10.1177/1073191119831770

DO - 10.1177/1073191119831770

M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???

C2 - 30880424

SN - 1073-1911

VL - 27

SP - 728

EP - 748

JO - Assessment

JF - Assessment

IS - 4

ER -

Multicultural Validation of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire Shortened Form (ZKA-PQ/SF) Across 18 Countries

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Funding

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this