Personality Factors of a Canadian Sample of Male University Students

On the 16 P.F. Test, Form A, a sample of male students from the University of British Columbia differed from the American college standardization sample on 5 of 16 factors at the .001 level and from an Australian sample on two factors at the .001 level. These differences cannot be accounted for with confidence due to the intervening times among gathering the three sets of data. However, several widely accepted stereotypes of American-Canadian differences are supported. The U.B.C. students, presumably a more homogeneous group as a smaller percentage attend college in Canada, tended to be more impulsive and immature, more distrustful, shrewd, radical, and self-sufficient than their American counterparts. When the U.B.C. sample was compared with the Australian sample, the U.B.C. students tended to be more impulsive and immature and more introverted. These differences point to the necessity for caution in using the test's standardization norms when interpreting the results of Canadian students and the desirability of developing local norms.