TY - JOUR
T1 - Multicultural personality dispositions and psychological well-being
AU - Ponterotto, Joseph G.
AU - Costa-Wofford, Catarina I.
AU - Brobst, Karen Elizabeth
AU - Spelliscy, Dorota
AU - Kacanski, Jaclyn Mendelsohn
AU - Scheinholtz, Jennifer
AU - Martines, Danielle
PY - 2007/4/1
Y1 - 2007/4/1
N2 - The authors investigated the empirical relationship between K. I. van der Zee and J. P. van Oudenhovens (2000, 2001) multicultural personality dispositions and C. D. Ryffs (1989b) dimensions of psychological well-being. The present sample included 270 students from one primarily graduate university and one primarily undergraduate university in the northeast region of the United States. Factor analysis indicated that a three-dimensional model of the multicultural personality was the best fit structure for the sample. Correlations between multicultural personality scores and psychological well-being scores were generally positive and in the predicted directions. However, the academic setting of the participants appeared to influence the pattern of relationships. The authors identified the multicultural personality as a promising construct for research across diverse psychology specialties.
AB - The authors investigated the empirical relationship between K. I. van der Zee and J. P. van Oudenhovens (2000, 2001) multicultural personality dispositions and C. D. Ryffs (1989b) dimensions of psychological well-being. The present sample included 270 students from one primarily graduate university and one primarily undergraduate university in the northeast region of the United States. Factor analysis indicated that a three-dimensional model of the multicultural personality was the best fit structure for the sample. Correlations between multicultural personality scores and psychological well-being scores were generally positive and in the predicted directions. However, the academic setting of the participants appeared to influence the pattern of relationships. The authors identified the multicultural personality as a promising construct for research across diverse psychology specialties.
KW - Adjustment
KW - Cross-cultural studies
KW - Interpersonal understanding
KW - Personality
KW - Psychological adjustment
KW - Quality of life
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=38449101549&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3200/SOCP.147.2.119-135
DO - 10.3200/SOCP.147.2.119-135
M3 - Article
C2 - 17601076
AN - SCOPUS:38449101549
SN - 0022-4545
VL - 147
SP - 119
EP - 135
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 2
ER -