Do bilinguals have two personalities? A special case of cultural frame switching

@article{citeulike:576653, abstract = {Four studies examined and empirically documented Cultural Frame Switching (CFS; Hong, Chiu, \& Kung, 1997) in the domain of personality. Specifically, we asked whether Spanish-English bilinguals show different personalities when using different languages? If so, are the two personalities consistent with cross-cultural differences in personality? To generate predictions about the specific cultural differences to expect, Study 1 documented personality differences between US and Mexican monolinguals. Studies 2-4 tested CFS in three samples of Spanish-English bilinguals, located in the US and Mexico. Findings replicated across all three studies, suggesting that language activates CFS for Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Further analyses suggested the findings were not due to anomalous items or translation effects. Results are discussed in terms of the interplay between culture and self.}, author = {Ramirez-Esparza, Nairan and Gosling, Samuel D. and Benet-Martinez, Veronica and Potter, Jeffrey P. and Pennebaker, James W. }, citeulike-article-id = {576653}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2004.09.001}, journal = {Journal of Research in Personality}, keywords = {bilingual}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {99--120}, posted-at = {2006-04-11 22:47:34}, priority = {2}, title = {Do bilinguals have two personalities? A special case of cultural frame switching}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2004.09.001}, volume = {40}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:576653 L3 - citeulike-article-id:576653 TI - Do bilinguals have two personalities? A special case of cultural frame switching JF - Journal of Research in Personality VL - 40 IS - 2 SP - 99 EP - 120 N2 - Four studies examined and empirically documented Cultural Frame Switching (CFS; Hong, Chiu, & Kung, 1997) in the domain of personality. Specifically, we asked whether Spanish-English bilinguals show different personalities when using different languages? If so, are the two personalities consistent with cross-cultural differences in personality? To generate predictions about the specific cultural differences to expect, Study 1 documented personality differences between US and Mexican monolinguals. Studies 2-4 tested CFS in three samples of Spanish-English bilinguals, located in the US and Mexico. Findings replicated across all three studies, suggesting that language activates CFS for Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Further analyses suggested the findings were not due to anomalous items or translation effects. Results are discussed in terms of the interplay between culture and self. KW - bilingual AU - Ramirez-Esparza, Nairan AU - Gosling, Samuel AU - Benet-Martinez, Veronica AU - Potter, Jeffrey AU - Pennebaker, James PY - 2006/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2004.09.001 ER -