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The Big Five Inventory (BFI) is one of the most studied models of human personality (Fruyt et al., 2004). Traits are influenced significantly by genes and the environment (Soto, 2015). One study of 55 nations found that women tended to be higher than men in agreeableness; men scored higher in some aspects of openness, while women scored higher in others (Costa et al., 2001). Other studies concluded that countries with higher average Openness tend to have more democratic institutions (Barceló, 2016). However, Bond (1996) suggests that personality traits are expressed uniquely in different contexts. Therefore, this study aimed to better understand how differences in agreeableness and openness can be predicted by gender and country of origin (Asian vs non-Asian) when considering cultural contexts.

BFI Project for Psyc 525 with Dr. Eric Youngstrom, Spring 2021