The cross-cultural comparability of tile 16 personality factor inventory (16pf)

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dc.contributor.advisorMauer, K F
dc.contributor.authorAbrahams, Fatima
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-12T10:42:33Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-03T09:11:50Z
dc.date.available2021-08-12T10:42:33Z
dc.date.available2024-05-03T09:11:50Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study focused on the 16PF (SA 92), a personality questionnaire that was developed in the USA and adapted for South African conditions. The main aim of the study was to determine whether the scores of the 16PF are comparable in a cross-cultural setting in South Africa. The influence of age, language, socio-economic status and gender on the scores were also determined. The sample consisted of black, white, coloured, and Indian university students and were drawn from the University of Western Cape, University of Pretoria, University of Durban- Westville, and University of Natal To achieve the aims outlined construct comparability studies and item comparability studies were conducted. In addition, descriptive statistics were also calculated to provide a general picture of the performance of the various sub-samples. A qualitative study was also conducted to determine some of the reasons for the occurrence of item incomparability of the racial sub-sample. The results showed that the racial variable had the greatest influence on the scores obtained. Problems existed with the construct and item comparability of the 16PF when the different race groups were compared. In addition, significant mean differences were also found on the majority of factors when the scores of the different race groups were compared. The results of the qualitative study showed that participants whose home language was not English or Afrikaans had difficulty in understanding many of the words and the construction of sentences contained in the 16PF. The implications of using the 16PF in South Africa, with its multicultural population was outlined, taking the new labour legislation pertaining to selection into consideration. Finally, a number of options for test users, and users of the 16PF in particular were presented.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/12745
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subject16 Personality Factor Inventory (16PFen_US
dc.subjectCattellen_US
dc.subjectPersonality questionnaireen_US
dc.subjectCross-culturalen_US
dc.subjectComparabilityen_US
dc.subjectConstruct comparabilityen_US
dc.subjectItem comparabiliten_US
dc.subjectUyniversity studentsen_US
dc.subjectPersonality theoryen_US
dc.subjectSelectionen_US
dc.subjectAgeen_US
dc.subjectLanguageen_US
dc.subjectSocio-economic statusen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.titleThe cross-cultural comparability of tile 16 personality factor inventory (16pf)en_US

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