中文摘要：

通过实证研究分析中西方外向性人格维度的内涵。1500多名被试完成了QZPS（中国人人格量表）和NEO PI-R的Extroversion量表（中文版），因素分析的结果表明西方的外向性（Extroversion）维度由6个因素构成，其中3个因素与中国人的外向性维度内容相似，其它的3个因素则与中国人的外向性无关，而分别与中国人人格结构中的善良、才干、行事风格和处世态度等维度有关。文中还讨论了中西方外向性人格维度差异的文化意义。

英文摘要：

This research was aimed at comparing the contents of the Extroversion dimension of personality structure between Chinese and Westerners. More than 1500 subjects filled out both the QZPS （Chinese Personality Scale） and the Extroversion scale of the revised version of the NEO Personality Inventory （ NEO PI - R）. Factor analysis on items of NEO PI - R Extroversion yielded six factors. Item composition of the six factors differed from that of its original six facets and only three of the six were correlated significantly with the Chinese Extroversion dimension defined by QZPS. The other three factors were significantly correlated with kindness, Behavior Style, Talents, and Ways of Life dimension of QZPS, respectively. Cultural implications for differences in extroversion between Chinese and Westerners were discussed in this paper.