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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> | 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> | ||
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== MPQ revised (2001) == | |||
Definitions and Sample Items for the five MPQ Dimensions from the Journal of personality article (Van der Zee & Van Oudenhoven, 2001) are below: | A first version included 138 items and five dimensions and these were reduced to '''78 items'''. Definitions and Sample Items for the five MPQ Dimensions are taken from the Journal of personality article (Van der Zee & Van Oudenhoven, 2001), and are below: | ||
; Cultural Empathy (14 items) | ; Cultural Empathy (14 items) | ||
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:: Starts a new life easily (+) | :: Starts a new life easily (+) | ||
== MPQ 2000 == | |||
The four dimensions of the final version of the MPQ (2000) | The four dimensions of the final version of the MPQ (2000) included: | ||
* Openness (27 items) | * Openness (27 items) | ||
* Emotional Stability (13 items) | * Emotional Stability (13 items) | ||
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* Flexibility (24 items) | * Flexibility (24 items) | ||
== References == | |||
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Revision as of 15:19, 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]
There seem to be two versions.
MPQ revised (2001)
A first version included 138 items and five dimensions and these were reduced to 78 items. Definitions and Sample Items for the five MPQ Dimensions are taken from the Journal of personality article (Van der Zee & Van Oudenhoven, 2001), and 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 (+)
MPQ 2000
The four dimensions of the final version of the MPQ (2000) included:
- 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