Cultural competence/Multicultural Personality Questionnaire: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire was created by van Oudenhoven and Van der Zee (Van der Zee and van Oudenhoven (2000) <ref name="vanderzee2000">Van der Zee, K. I., & van Oudenhoven, J. P. (2000). The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire: A multidimensional instrument of multicultural effectiveness. European Journal of Personality, 14, 291-309. </ref>; Van der Zee, K.I., & Van Oudenhoven, J.P. (2001) <ref>Van der Zee, K.I., & Van Oudenhoven, J.P. (2001). The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire: Reliability and Validity of Self and Other Ratings of Multicultural | The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) was created by van Oudenhoven and Van der Zee (Van der Zee and van Oudenhoven (2000) <ref name="vanderzee2000">Van der Zee, K. I., & van Oudenhoven, J. P. (2000). The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire: A multidimensional instrument of multicultural effectiveness. European Journal of Personality, 14, 291-309. </ref>; Van der Zee, K.I., & Van Oudenhoven, J.P. (2001) <ref>Van der Zee, K.I., & Van Oudenhoven, J.P. (2001). The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire: Reliability and Validity of Self and Other Ratings of Multicultural | ||
Effectiveness. Journal of Research in Personality,35, 278-288.</ref>;Van Oudenhoven & Van der Zee (2001)<ref> Jan Pieter Van Oudenhoven & Karen I. van der Zee (2002). Prediciting multiculural effectiveness in international students: The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire, | Effectiveness. Journal of Research in Personality, 35, 278-288. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656601923207 </ref>;Van Oudenhoven & Van der Zee (2001)<ref> Jan Pieter Van Oudenhoven & Karen I. van der Zee (2002). Prediciting multiculural effectiveness in international students: The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire, International Journal of Intercultural Relations 26(6):679-694</ref> | ||
A first version includes 138 items and five dimensions. | |||
Definitions and Sample Items for the five MPQ Dimensions from the Journal of personality article (Van der Zee & Van Oudenhoven, 2001) are below: | |||
; Cultural Empathy (14 items) | |||
: The ability to empathize with the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals from a different cultural background versus an inability to do so | |||
:: Notices when someone is in trouble (+) | |||
:: Understands other people’s feelings (+) | |||
:: Takes other people’s habits into consideration (+) | |||
:: Has problems assessing relationships (+) | |||
; Openmindedness (14 items) | |||
: An open and unprejudiced attitude toward different groups and toward different cultural norms and values | |||
:: Gets involved in other cultures (+) | |||
:: Finds other religions interesting (+) | |||
:: Seeks contact with people from a different background (+) | |||
:: Has a broad range of interests (+) | |||
; Emotional Stability (20 items) | |||
: The tendency to remain calm in stressful situations versus a tendency to show strong emotional reactions under stressful circumstances | |||
:: Can put setbacks in perspective (+) | |||
:: Keeps calm at ill-luck (+) | |||
:: Is afraid to fail (-) | |||
:: Takes it for granted that things will turn out right (+) | |||
; Social Initiative (17 items) | |||
: A tendency to approach social situations in an active way and to take initiatives | |||
:: Is inclined to speak out (+) | |||
:: Is often the driving force behind things (+) | |||
:: Takes the lead (+) | |||
:: Easily approaches other people (+)MULTICULTURAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE | |||
; Flexibility (13 items) | |||
: A tendency to regard new and unknown situations as a challenge and to adjust one’s behavior to the demands of new and unknown situations | |||
:: Avoids from adventure (-) | |||
:: Works mostly according to a strict scheme (-) | |||
:: Feels uncomfortable in a difffferent culture (-) | |||
:: Starts a new life easily (+) | |||
----- | ----- | ||
The four dimensions of the final version of the MPQ (2000) include: | |||
* Openness (27 items) | |||
* Emotional Stability (13 items) | |||
* Social Initiatives (27 items) | |||
* Flexibility (24 items) | |||
'''References''' | |||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 15:17, 17 March 2016
The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) was created by van Oudenhoven and Van der Zee (Van der Zee and van Oudenhoven (2000) [1]; Van der Zee, K.I., & Van Oudenhoven, J.P. (2001) [2];Van Oudenhoven & Van der Zee (2001)[3]
A first version includes 138 items and five dimensions.
Definitions and Sample Items for the five MPQ Dimensions from the Journal of personality article (Van der Zee & Van Oudenhoven, 2001) are below:
- Cultural Empathy (14 items)
- The ability to empathize with the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals from a different cultural background versus an inability to do so
- Notices when someone is in trouble (+)
- Understands other people’s feelings (+)
- Takes other people’s habits into consideration (+)
- Has problems assessing relationships (+)
- Openmindedness (14 items)
- An open and unprejudiced attitude toward different groups and toward different cultural norms and values
- Gets involved in other cultures (+)
- Finds other religions interesting (+)
- Seeks contact with people from a different background (+)
- Has a broad range of interests (+)
- Emotional Stability (20 items)
- The tendency to remain calm in stressful situations versus a tendency to show strong emotional reactions under stressful circumstances
- Can put setbacks in perspective (+)
- Keeps calm at ill-luck (+)
- Is afraid to fail (-)
- Takes it for granted that things will turn out right (+)
- Social Initiative (17 items)
- A tendency to approach social situations in an active way and to take initiatives
- Is inclined to speak out (+)
- Is often the driving force behind things (+)
- Takes the lead (+)
- Easily approaches other people (+)MULTICULTURAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE
- Flexibility (13 items)
- A tendency to regard new and unknown situations as a challenge and to adjust one’s behavior to the demands of new and unknown situations
- Avoids from adventure (-)
- Works mostly according to a strict scheme (-)
- Feels uncomfortable in a difffferent culture (-)
- Starts a new life easily (+)
The four dimensions of the final version of the MPQ (2000) include:
- Openness (27 items)
- Emotional Stability (13 items)
- Social Initiatives (27 items)
- Flexibility (24 items)
References
- ↑ Van der Zee, K. I., & van Oudenhoven, J. P. (2000). The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire: A multidimensional instrument of multicultural effectiveness. European Journal of Personality, 14, 291-309.
- ↑ Van der Zee, K.I., & Van Oudenhoven, J.P. (2001). The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire: Reliability and Validity of Self and Other Ratings of Multicultural Effectiveness. Journal of Research in Personality, 35, 278-288. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656601923207
- ↑ Jan Pieter Van Oudenhoven & Karen I. van der Zee (2002). Prediciting multiculural effectiveness in international students: The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire, International Journal of Intercultural Relations 26(6):679-694