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Robert R. McCrae
Researcher at National Institutes of Health
Publications - 315
Citations - 97197
Robert R. McCrae is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Personality & Big Five personality traits. The author has an hindex of 132, co-authored 313 publications receiving 90960 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert R. McCrae include Boston University & University of Massachusetts Boston.
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Cross-sectional studies of personality in a national sample: 1. Development and validation of survey measures
Paul T. Costa,Robert R. McCrae +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, short scales were developed to measure three broad dimensions of personality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I) Epidemiologic Followup Study.
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A Five-Factor Theory Perspective on Causal Analysis.
TL;DR: Five–Factor Theory provides a broad but largely blank template for causal personality research and personality psychologists may fruitfully pursue the identification of practical causes by which individuals with a given set of traits can optimize their adaptation.
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National Character and Personality
TL;DR: For instance, this article found that people in all cultures have shared perceptions about the personality characteristics of the typical member of their own culture and of typical members of other cultures, and judged by these criteria, perceptions of national character are unfounded stereotypes.
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Interpreting GLOBE Societal Practices Scales
TL;DR: The authors found that the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) Societal Practices scales are better construed as unfounded stereotypes than as actual depictions of the society members' personality traits.
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Personality profiles of cultures: Patterns of ethos
TL;DR: This paper found that measures of ethos based on the analysis of stories were not meaningfully correlated with aggregate personality traits or national character stereotypes, and that profiles of ethos may provide another axis that can be used to predict behaviour and understand the operation of culture.