A. Timothy Church

TL;DR: According to Self-Determination Theory (SDT), satisfaction of needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness is a universal requirement for psychological well-being as mentioned in this paper, and the extent to which these needs, plus needs for self-actualization and pleasure-stimulation, were satisfied in various roles and reported their general hedonic (i.e., positive and negative affect) and eudaimonic (e.g., meaning in life, personal growth) wellbeing.

TL;DR: It is concluded that factor solutions with 3 factors on average are replicable across languages; solutions with more factors are not.

TL;DR: The author discusses personality measurement from alternative theoretical perspectives that have addressed, in varying degrees, personality and its measurement in cross-cultural perspective, while drawing on the complementary strengths of alternative approaches.

TL;DR: These "Big Two" dimensions-Social Self-Regulation and Dynamism-provide a common-denominator model involving the two most crucial axes of personality variation, ubiquitous across cultures, and might serve as an umbrella model serving to link diverse theoretical models and associated research literatures.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the rationale for cross-cultural studies of personality, including the search for cultural universals, and address current cross-culture research on the following personality-relevant topics: personality structure and assessment, implications of individualism-collectivism for traits and their measurement, values and beliefs, emotions and subjective well-being, and motivation.