The Cross-Cultural Relevance of Indigenous Measures: The South African Personality Inventory (SAPI), Family Orientation, and Well-Being in New Zealand
Fetvadjiev,Velichko H. Neha,Tia Van De Vijver,Fons J. R. Mcmanus,Martin Meiring,Deon
Fetvadjiev,Velichko H.
Neha,Tia
Van De Vijver,Fons J. R.
Mcmanus,Martin
Meiring,Deon
Abstract
Indigenous personality research often remains limited to its cultural context of origin. Previous cross-cultural examinations of indigenous models have typically focused on East–West comparisons and have paid scant attention to the predictive validity of indigenous models in new contexts. The present study addresses the replicability of the South African Personality Inventory (SAPI) and its predictive validity for family orientation and well-being in New Zealand European (n = 428) and Māori students (n = 226). The structure of the SAPI in New Zealand was equivalent to the structure identified in South Africa and had metric invariance between the two New Zealand groups. The SAPI social-relational scales explained additional variance above neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness in family orientation, but not in well-being. Mediation path analyses suggested that personality played a similar role for family orientation and well-being in the two groups when assessed by the SAPI, although group differences were suggested when using the Big Five Inventory. Our findings indicate that indigenously derived models, developed with the aim to represent culturally salient concepts, can be relevant well beyond their culture of origin and offer an enriched understanding of personality’s role for important outcomes across cultures.
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Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by a start-up grant from the School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, to the first author. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2020.
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2021-01-01
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cross-cultural research, emic–etic approach, indigenous models, personality and culture, social-relational concepts
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Fetvadjiev, V H, Neha, T, Van De Vijver, F J R, Mcmanus, M & Meiring, D 2021, 'The Cross-Cultural Relevance of Indigenous Measures: The South African Personality Inventory (SAPI), Family Orientation, and Well-Being in New Zealand', Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 3-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022120969979