A Cross-Cultural Study of Personality: Icelandic Children and English Children

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Abstract: Haraldsson, E. & Eysenck, S. B. G. 1987. A Cross‐Cultural Study of Personality: Icelandic Children and English Children. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 31, 123‐127. 621 boys and 604 girls were given an Icelandic translation of the 97‐item Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Although some items were found inappropriate for use in Iceland, a viable scoring key was found and all reliabilities, except perhaps for Psychoticism, were satisfactory. Indices of factor comparison showed very clearly identical factors in both countries. A comparison of Icelandic and British norms, using only items common to both, suggests very little difference between the groups. Icelandic girls scored higher on the Lie scale than British girls, and Icelandic boys slightly lower on the Psychoticism scale than British boys. 1. We wish to thank all the children at the schools who took part in this study. We are indebted to Jon Petursson and Jorundur Olafsson who administered the test, to Paul Barrett for...