Personality Trait Structure of Shanxi Business-tycoons in the Chinese Ming and Qing Dynasties

Jianjun Zheng, Jiping Yang and Hao Feng

International Journal of Psychological Studies, 2010, vol. 2, issue 2, 117

Abstract: Taking lexical hypothesis of personality trait theory as methodology, this paper attempts to give a quantitativeanalysis on the personality structure of Shanxi business-tycoons in the Chinese Ming and Qing dynasties (PSSM)from psychology views. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of data from a sample of 152 effective questionnairesshows that their personalities consisted of four factors, including “honest and righteous†, “wise and confident†,“calm and persevering†and “determined and promising†. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) of data fromanother sample of 305 effective questionnaires further confirmed PSSM factorial validity, and fitting indexeswere all reasonable. The above results have indicated the cultural inheritance of personality trait as well as theuniqueness and continuity of regional personality trait.

Date: 2010
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