Why Bilinguals Have More Than One Personality

According to many studies, your personality changes depending on what language you speak. I decided to test that, so I took three Big Five tests in different languages and ended up with three different results. Let's talk about that.

Language Effect on Personality Dimensions:

A study showcased a language effect across all personality dimensions, specifically referencing the Big Five Inventory which includes Openness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, and Conscientiousness among bilingual individuals​.

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10....

Cultural Accommodation Hypothesis:

Research tested the cultural accommodation hypothesis by examining how language use impacts personality as perceived by both the self and others. In one study, Hong Kong Chinese-English bilinguals exhibited different personalities when switching languages​.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20944...

Bilingual Experience and Developmental Trajectory:

Bilingual experience can affect a bilingual individual’s developmental trajectory. The use of a particular language is associated with the relevant specific cultural frame in which the language is embedded, which may reflect in different self-structures in their different languages​.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Unconscious Personality Change:

Bicultural individuals who speak two languages may unconsciously change their personality when they switch languages, as observed in a U.S. study​.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-la...

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