Abstract

CRUZ MARTINEZ, Luz María; RIVERA ARAGON, Sofía; DIAZ LOVING, Rolando  and  TARACENA RUIZ, Bertha Elvia. Mexican Personality Types: Scale Construction and Validity. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2013, vol.3, n.2, pp.1180-1197. ISSN 2007-4719.

Personality research have attempted to identify the existence of universal traits, ethnopsychological research has sought to identify the typical qualities of Mexicans, but without reaching agreement or what relationship they have with the general models of personality like the Five Factor Model. This research aims to identify and describe the personality traits of the Mexicans and Diaz Guerrero (1997) proposal about Mexican Types of Personality. We conducted two studies that explored the qualities and traits that people used to describe themselves, yielding 57 features. The scale orders in 11 factors, after than a second order factor analysis was performed to check if that grouped in types, confirming three personality types similar to the ethnopsychological postulates and the Five Factor Model.

Keywords : Culture; Personality; Trait; Identity; Character.