How accurate are national stereotypes? A test of different methodological approaches
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081740%3A_____%2F18%3A00489099" target="_blank" >RIV/68081740:_____/18:00489099 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.2146" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.2146</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.2146" target="_blank" >10.1002/per.2146</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
How accurate are national stereotypes? A test of different methodological approaches
Original language description
We compared different methodological approaches in research on the accuracy of national stereotypes that use aggregated mean scores of real people’s personality traits as criteria for stereotype accuracy. Our sample comprised 16,713 participants from the Central Europe and 1,090 participants from the Baltic Sea region. Participants rated national stereotypes of their own country using the National Character Survey (NCS) and their personality traits using either the Revised NEO Personality Inventory or the NCS. We examined the effects of different (i) methods for rating of real people (Revised NEO Personality Inventory vs. NCS) and national stereotypes (NCS), (ii) norms for converting raw scores into T-scores (Russian vs. international norms), and (iii) correlation techniques (intraclass correlations vs. Pearson correlations vs. rank-order correlations) on the resulting agreement between the ratings of national stereotypes and real people. We showed that the accuracy of national stereotypes depended on the employed methodology. The accuracy was the highest when ratings of real people and national stereotypes were made using the same method and when rank order correlations were used to estimate the agreement between national stereotypes and personality profiles of real people. We propose a new statistical procedure for determining national stereotype accuracy that overcomes limitations of past studies. We provide methodological recommendations applicable to a wider range of cross national stereotype accuracy studies.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-14387S" target="_blank" >GA17-14387S: The effect of intergroup contact on acculturation strategies and support for minority rights: A longitudinal perspective in majority and minority</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Journal of Personality
ISSN
0890-2070
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
32
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
87-99
UT code for WoS article
000430287000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85045649092