In a sample of 18 industrialized nations with available data, mean scores on the “big five factors” were not significantly associated with national suicide or homicide rates.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
LesterD. (1993) Suicide and homicide rates and national character. Psychological Reports, 73, 194.
2.
McCraeR. R. (2002) NEO-PI-R data from 36 cultures. In McCraeR. R.AllikJ. (Eds.), The five-factor model of personality across cultures. New York: Kluwer Academic. Pp. 105–125.
