The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (SF-40): Adaptation and Validation of the Spanish Version

The coexistence of diverse cultures in our society indicates the need to examine the factors related to the success of multicultural interactions. The study aims were to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Spanish version of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire short form (MPQ-SF40), in a convenience sample of 392 university students. Then, the effect of sex and age was assessed, and finally, the levels and percentiles of multicultural personality were measured. The scale’s validity was assessed with exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (EFA and CFA). Reliability was evaluated with Cronbach’s alpha, composite reliability (CR), and average variance extracted (AVE). The final structure of the MPQ-SF40 consisted of 18 items grouped into five factors that present adequate psychometric properties. Sex-specific differences in MPQ-SF40 were statistically significant for factor 1, cultural empathy, and for factor 5, flexibility; women showed greater values. When age was analyzed, significant low correlations were obtained. The students showed medium to high levels of multicultural personality. The highest levels correspond to the personality factors of cultural empathy and open-mindedness. The use of the Spanish version of the MPQ-SF40 seems justified to determine students’ multicultural personality traits, developing intervention programs to improve social support and the interpersonal relations between students.

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Validation of the multicultural personality questionnaire in the context of personnel selection

European Journal of Personality ◽

10.1002/per.483 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 17 (1_suppl) ◽

pp. S77-S100 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Karen I. van der Zee ◽

Jac N. Zaal ◽

Jantien Piekstra

Keyword(s):

Big Five ◽

Personnel Selection ◽

Vocational Interests ◽

Job Applicants ◽

Incremental Validity ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

Social Initiative ◽

Cultural Empathy ◽

Multicultural Personality ◽

Five Factors

The present data provide support for the reliability of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire among a sample of job applicants (n=264). Factor analysis confirmed five factors: Cultural Empathy, Open‐Mindedness, Social Initiative, Flexibility, and Emotional Stability. Moreover, the data largely support the construct validity of the MPQ. Correlations with the Big Five were in the expected direction, and as predicted, Cultural Empathy and Social Initiative were both positively related to socially oriented vocational interests and Flexibility to artistic interests. Against our predictions, Cultural Empathy, Open‐Mindedness, and Flexibility appeared to be related to verbal intelligence. A comparable pattern of relations of the Big Five with intelligence and vocational interests was found. Finally, the MPQ scales predicted variance in an indicator of overall behaviour above the Big Five, supporting its incremental validity. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The Effect Of Intellectual Humility, Multicultural Personality, and Religious Orientation Toward Religious Tolerance On Students Of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Psikis Jurnal Psikologi Islami ◽

10.19109/psikis.v7i1.6524 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 10-19

Author(s):

Arif Budiman Al Fariz ◽

Gazi Saloom

Keyword(s):

Religious Orientation ◽

Short Form ◽

Emotional Stability ◽

Religious Tolerance ◽

Measuring Instrument ◽

Intellectual Humility ◽

Social Initiative ◽

Cultural Empathy ◽

Multicultural Personality ◽

Intrinsic Religiousness

This study aims to determine the influence of intellectual humility, multicultural personality (cultural empathy, open-mindedness, emotional stability, flexibility, and social initiative), religious orientation (quest religiousness, intrinsic religiousness, and extrinsic religiousness) toward religious tolerance on students of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta. Participants in this study involved 360 students using non-probability sampling as a sampling technique. As for religious tolerance measuring instrument uses a measuring instrument from RT Witenberg`s theory with modified into the scale. The intellectual humility variable uses the Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale (CHIS), the multicultural personality variable uses the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire Short Form (the MPQ-SF) and the religious orientation variable uses the Introduction to the New Indices of Religious Orientation (NIRO). The findings show a significant influence between intellectual humility, multicultural personality, and religious orientation toward religious tolerance with a proportion of variance of about 51%. The four significant variables are intellectual humility, cultural empathy, open-mindedness, intrinsic religiousness. While the influence of emotional stability, flexibility, social initiative, quest religiousness, and extrinsic religiousness has no significant effect. multicultural personality and religious orientation toward religious tolerance with a proportion of variance of about 51%. The four significant variables are intellectual humility, cultural empathy, open-mindedness, intrinsic religiousness. While the influence of emotional stability, flexibility, social initiative, quest religiousness, and extrinsic religiousness has no significant effect. multicultural personality and religious orientation toward religious tolerance with a proportion of variance of about 51%. The four significant variables are intellectual humility, cultural empathy, open-mindedness, intrinsic religiousness. While the influence of emotional stability, flexibility, social initiative, quest religiousness, and extrinsic religiousness has no significant effect.

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Multicultural Personality Questionnaire--Short Form

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t56446-000 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Karen van der Zee ◽

Jan Pieter van Oudenhoven ◽

Joseph G. Ponterotto ◽

Alexander W. Fietzer

Keyword(s):

Short Form ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

Multicultural Personality

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Self-perceived linguistic progress, target language use and personality development during study abroad

Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education ◽

10.1075/sar.16024.arv ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 144-166 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Klara Arvidsson ◽

June Eyckmans ◽

Alexandra Rosiers ◽

Fanny Forsberg Lundell

Keyword(s):

Exploratory Study ◽

Language Use ◽

Short Form ◽

Personality Development ◽

Personality Characteristics ◽

Target Language ◽

Cultural Empathy ◽

Multicultural Personality ◽

Multicultural Effectiveness

Abstract This exploratory study investigates the development of personality dimensions related to multicultural effectiveness and its relation to amount of target language use and self-perceived progress in speaking during a sojourn abroad in seven European countries. The participants were 59 Swedish and Belgian university students. The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire – Short Form (van der Zee, Van Oudenhoven, Ponterotto, & Fietzer, 2013) was administered at the beginning and the end of the semester, and data on self-reported weekly hours of target language use and self-perceived linguistic progress were gathered at Time 2. The main findings are the observed moderate or near moderate correlations between self-perceived progress in speaking and change in Cultural Empathy, and between amount of target language use and change in Cultural Empathy and Openmindedness. This points to the relevance of further studies on the role of target language use and progress in the development of personality characteristics.

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Multicultural Personality Questionnaire: Development of a Short Form

Journal of Personality Assessment ◽

10.1080/00223891.2012.718302 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 95 (1) ◽

pp. 118-124 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Karen van der Zee ◽

Jan Pieter van Oudenhoven ◽

Joseph G. Ponterotto ◽

Alexander W. Fietzer

Keyword(s):

Short Form ◽

Questionnaire Development ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

Multicultural Personality

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Assessing Multicultural Effectiveness Among Young Swiss People

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024/1421-0185/a000147 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 74 (1) ◽

pp. 5-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Klea Faniko ◽

François Grin ◽

Paolo Ghisletta

Keyword(s):

Reliability And Validity ◽

Total Sample ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Language Version ◽

Cultural Empathy ◽

Multicultural Personality ◽

Five Factors ◽

French Speaking ◽

Multicultural Effectiveness ◽

Semantic Proximity

The present paper examines the reliability and validity of the French-language version of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) among young participants (N = 7,180) in French-speaking Switzerland. Consistent with previous research ( Van der Zee & Van Oudenhoven, 2000 , 2001 ; Van der Zee, Zaal, & Piekstra, 2003 ), exploratory analysis in one subsample confirmed the presence of the five factors underpinning the MPQ: Open-Mindedness, Cultural Empathy, Emotional Stability, Social Initiative, and Flexibility. Confirmatory factor analyses in a second subsample and in the total sample further confirmed the same five-factor structure. This model was modified to include correlated residuals between items with high semantic proximity. This final model obtained a satisfactory fit to the overall data. We conclude that the French version of the 37-item MPQ scale can be used to examine the attitudes associated with multicultural effectiveness in French-speaking populations.

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Validation of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire Short Form (MPQ-SF) for use in the context of international education

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0244425 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (12) ◽

pp. e0244425

Author(s):

Joep Hofhuis ◽

Joran Jongerling ◽

Karen I. Van der Zee ◽

Jeroen Jansz

Keyword(s):

International Education ◽

Measurement Invariance ◽

Short Form ◽

Drop Out ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

Longitudinal Development ◽

Time Points ◽

Multicultural Personality ◽

International University ◽

Study Designs

The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) is one of the most widely used instruments for measuring individuals’ intercultural competences. The original version consists of 91 items, divided into five subscales, and has been shown to predict attitudes, behavior, and outcomes in a variety of intercultural contexts. Recently, a 40-item short form of the MPQ was developed (MPQ-SF), which may be particularly useful in settings in which time or survey space are limited, or where respondent drop-out is likely to occur. For example, the MPQ-SF would be a valuable tool for assessing longitudinal development of multicultural personality traits in training or educational settings. A prerequisite for such research is to establish measurement invariance of the MPQ-SF between different respondent groups, as well as across time points. Using a sample of students in an international university program (n = 519), the present study examines how the scales perform among male and female respondents, between students of Western and Non-Western background, and across two time points, five months apart. Based on our findings, we conclude that all five subscales of the MPQ-SF display sufficient measurement invariance to be reliably used in this and similar contexts, in comparative as well as longitudinal study designs.

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Validating the Factor Structure of the Stigma of Suicide Scale–Short Form Spanish Version Among Healthcare Students

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000728 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Ruthmarie Hernández-Torres ◽

Paola Carminelli-Corretjer ◽

Nelmit Tollinchi-Natali ◽

Ernesto Rosario-Hernández ◽

Yovanska Duarté-Vélez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Factor Structure ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Short Form ◽

Small Sample Size ◽

Small Sample ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Healthcare Students ◽

Spanish Speaking

Abstract. Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death among Spanish-speaking individuals. Suicide stigma can be a risk factor for suicide. A widely used measure is the Stigma of Suicide Scale-Short Form (SOSS-SF; Batterham, Calear, & Christensen, 2013 ). Although the SOSS-SF has established psychometric properties and factor structure in other languages and cultural contexts, no evidence is available from Spanish-speaking populations. Aim: This study aims to validate a Spanish translation of the SOSS-SF among a sample of Spanish-speaking healthcare students ( N = 277). Method: We implemented a cross-sectional design with quantitative techniques. Results: Following a structural equation modeling approach, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the three-factor model proposed by Batterham and colleagues (2013) . Limitations: The study was limited by the small sample size and recruitment by availability. Conclusion: Findings suggest that the Spanish version of the SOSS-SF is a valid and reliable tool with which to examine suicide stigma among Spanish-speaking populations.

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