PROCESSES AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHINESE PERSONALITY SCALE(QZPS)
中国人人格量表(QZPS)的编制过程与初步结果

This research was aimed at constructing a generalized scale measuring Chinese personality structure. The hang-ups and potential disservices of directly applying Western Scales to Chinese subjects were firstly clarified. According to systematic research on Chinese personality adjectives under the "lexical hypothesis" of personality research, the Chinese Personality structure was established by Yang & Wang (1999) and confirmed in recent researches, The Chinese Personality Scale (QZPS)was constructed under this clearly defined theory on Chinese personality. More than 1600 items were written from describing the characteristics of each personality adjective and were rated by over 2000 subjects in four separated questionnaires, 409 items were selected. Then, more than 1000 subjects rated each item and analysis indicated that QZPS was consisted of 215 items, measuring Chinese personality with seven dimensions and eighteen secondary factors. The seven dimensions was described as: (1) extroversion, (2) good-heartedness, (3) emotionality ,(4) talent, (5) interpersonal relations, (6) diligence, and (7) honesty.