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Korean Journal of Psychology: General

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Gender Differences on Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire(MPQ): A study of Differential Item Functioning(DIF) with Mantel-Haenszel Statistic

Korean Journal of Psychology: General / Korean Journal of Psychology: General, (P)1229-067X; (E)2734-1127
2009, v.28 no.1, pp.263-281
Jung lee (Chungnam University)
Soon Mook Lee (Sungkyunkwan University)
Jung, l. , & Soon, M. L. (2009). Gender Differences on Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire(MPQ): A study of Differential Item Functioning(DIF) with Mantel-Haenszel Statistic. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 28(1), 263-281.

Abstract

In the present study, we explored whether there are items that function differently across women and men on Tellegen’s Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire(MPQ; Tellegen, 1982; Tellegen & Waller, In Press) by using Mantel-Haenszel(MH) statistic. For the purpose of the study, we applied MHITER program to a sample of responses to the 300-item MPQ personality test. The subjects were 300 individuals(137 men and 163 women, with a mean age of 39.72). The findings of the present study are as following. Firstly, some of the MPQ scales showed significant mean differences across gender; these were Social Potency, Social Closeness, Stress Reaction, Aggression, Harm Avoidance, and Absorption scales. Secondly, six MPQ scales showed more than three items functioning differently. Among others, the Traditionalism scale had the most DIF items, which is followed by Stress Reaction, Aggression, Social Potency, Achievement, and Harm Avoidance. In conclusion, there was a non-negligible number of DIF items across gender in MPQ scales, implying that there may be many DIF items in other personality tests that are currently used. The fact that men and women differently responded to some items reflect a socio-cultural impact in their perspectives on the personality items/tests.

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차별적 문항기능, 성격 검사, 성차, 만텔-헨젤(Mantel-Haenszel), 텔레겐 성격검사, DIF, personality test, gender difference, Mantel-Haenszel, MPQ, DIF, personality test, gender difference, Mantel-Haenszel, MPQ

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