Personality profiles of cultures: Self stereotypes using the Big 5 (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism) personality traits

Scores assessing the level of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism in 49 countries. This dataset is a tibble containing 49 observations across 32 variables:

• Population: character string indicating the population of each country.

• country_code: character string indicating the country (ISO3 code).

• N1 to N6: N stands for neuroticism. Numeric. Score of the country on the dimensions “neuroticism”, defined as a tendency to “experience such feelings as anxiety, worry, fear, anger, frustration, envy, jealousy, guilt, depressed mood, and loneliness. People who are neurotic respond worse to stressors and are more likely to interpret ordinary situations as threatening and minor frustrations as hopelessly difficult. They are often self-conscious and shy, and they may have trouble controlling urges and delaying gratification." (source)

• E1 to E6: E stands for extraversion. Numeric. Score of the country on the dimensions “extraversion”, defined as “Extraversion tends to be manifested in outgoing, talkative, energetic behavior, whereas introversion is manifested in more reserved and solitary behavior." (source)

• O1 to O6: O stands for openness. Numeric. Score of the country on the dimension “openness”, defined as “Openness involves six facets, or dimensions, including active imagination (fantasy), aesthetic sensitivity, attentiveness to inner feelings, preference for variety, and intellectual curiosity." (source)

• A1 to A6: A stands for agreeableness. Numeric. Score of the country on the dimensions “agreeableness”, defined as “a personality trait manifesting itself in individual behavioral characteristics that are perceived as kind, sympathetic, cooperative, warm, and considerate. In contemporary personality psychology, agreeableness is one of the five major dimensions of personality structure, reflecting individual differences in cooperation and social harmony." (source)

• C1 to C6: C stands for conscientiousness. Numeric. Score of the country on the dimension “conscientiousness”, defined as “Conscientiousness implies a desire to do a task well, and to take obligations to others seriously." (source)

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Reference: McCrae RR, Terracciano A, Realo A, Allik J. (2007) Climatic warmth and national wealth: Some culture-level determinants of national character stereotypes. European Journal of Personality. 21:953–976.