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- Title
Assessing Iraqi Arab Personality Using the Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire.
- Authors
Staal, Mark A.
- Abstract
The assessment of personality and related interpersonal dynamics among non-English-speaking populations offers many challenges to psychologists. Nonverbal culture-free or culture-fair instruments often fall short of adequately navigating the complex demands of non-Western cultural and ideological influences. Despite nearly a decade of America's presence within the Middle East, there remains a paucity of useful psychological assessment instruments available for use with non-English-speaking Arab populations in the region. A modified version of the Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire was used to assess personality, motivation, and interpersonal style among a small sample of Iraqi Arab male job applicants (n = 56). The various cross-cultural challenges and lessons learned from this assessment process are discussed and specific recommendations are provided.
- Subjects
MIDDLE East; PERSONALITY assessment; NONVERBAL Personality Questionnaire; ARABS; IRAQIS
- Publication
Military Medicine, 2012, Vol 177, Issue 6, p732
- ISSN
0026-4075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00017