Dimensions of personality in Saudi Arabia |
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| Authors: | M F Farrag |
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| Institution: | 1. Environment and Climate Change Unit, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Taimur Chambers, Plot #10-D (West), Fazl-e-Haq Road, Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan;2. Water Resources and Glaciology Section, Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), National Centre for Physics Complex, Quaid-e-Azam University Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan;1. Graduate Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan;3. Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, Taipei 10617, Taiwan;4. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan;1. Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS, Pavia, 27100, Italy;2. Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Pavia, 27100, Italy;3. University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, 20126, Italy;4. Medical Physics Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Pavia, 27100, Italy;5. Radiology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Pavia, 27100, Italy;1. Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA;2. Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study aimed at exploring the basic dimensions of personality in Saudi Arabia. A number of personality tests were administered to a sample of 303 males living in the southwestern region of Saudi Arabia. The age range was 17–44 (mean = 24.36±5.25). The matrix of correlations was factor analyzed using the Principal Component method. Three factors were extracted and rotated orthogonally using the Varimax method. The emerging factors were interpreted as: 1. Neuroticism, 2. Extraversion and 3. Psychoticism. The main conclusion of this study is that even in remote areas, that remained culturally isolated for centuries until recently, the basic structure of personality is very similar to that found in other different cultures. This justifies the conclusion that these personality dimensions are universal. |
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