Lexical studies of Filipino person descriptors: Adding personality-relevant social and physical attributes

• Main Authors: Imperio, Shellah Myra, Church, A. Timothy, Katigbak, Marcia S., Reyes, Jose Alberto S.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Filipinos > Psychology; Personality > Philippines; Filipino language—Lexicology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3504; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4506/type/native/viewcontent/per.673
• Institution: De La Salle University

Lexical studies have focused on traits. In the Filipino language, we investigated whether additional dimensions can be identified when personality-relevant terms for social roles, statuses and effects, plus physical attributes, are included. Filipino students (N = 496) rated themselves on 268 such t...