ISSN 0439-755X
CN 11-1911/B
主办:中国心理学会
   中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

心理学报 ›› 2026, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (7): 1405-1427.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2026.1405 cstr: 32110.14.2026.1405

• 研究报告 • 上一篇    下一篇

中国人谦虚特质的结构与内涵

汪鑫, 吴艳红   

  1. 北京大学心理与认知科学学院, 行为和心理健康北京市重点实验室及跨媒体通用人工智能全国重点实验室, 北京 100871
  • 收稿日期:2025-10-09 发布日期:2026-05-15 出版日期:2026-07-25
  • 通讯作者: 吴艳红, E-mail: wuyh@pku.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(32171050, 32571228)资助

The personality structure and cultural conceptualization of humility in Chinese culture

WANG Xin, WU Yanhong   

  1. School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, and State Key Laboratory of General Artificial Intelligence, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2025-10-09 Online:2026-05-15 Published:2026-07-25

摘要: 谦虚是中国文化推崇的传统美德, 对于个体、组织和社会均有积极的作用。本研究结合质性研究、语料库整理和以往量表梳理汇总的方法, 构建了中国文化下谦虚特质的结构, 并开发了中国文化下的谦虚量表, 其包括自知、敬人、辩证、低调和进取5个维度。基于谦虚的5维度结构, 研究采取潜在剖面分析的方法, 发现中国文化下谦虚的类型包括“谦虚”、“中等谦虚”、“过度谦虚”、“不谦虚”和“策略谦虚”5种。研究明晰了中国文化下谦虚概念的内涵, 为未来的谦虚研究以及识别和选拔兼具能力与谦虚特质的复合型人才提供新的测量工具, 对继承和弘扬谦虚传统美德、促进个体发展和社会和谐具有积极作用。

关键词: 谦虚, 扎根理论, 潜在剖面分析

Abstract: Humility is a quality and virtue valued by both Eastern and Western cultures, playing a positive role for individuals, organizations, and society. Moreover, some researchers suggest that humility serves as the foundation for the development of other moral virtues. In recent years, several studies have examined the conceptualization of humility within the Chinese cultural context, identifying differences from Western perspectives primarily in its value-based and instrumental attributes. Given the conceptual complexity of humility and its cultural influences, this study aimed to explore the personality structure and cultural conceptualization of humility in Chinese culture and to develop a culturally appropriate measure of humility.
Study 1 employed qualitative methods, interviewing 20 participants to obtain first-hand data on the concept of humility. Based on Study 1, Study 2 integrated analysis of humility-related linguistic materials and existing scales to propose a preliminary structural model of humility in Chinese culture and generate an initial item pool. Subsequently, an exploratory factor analysis (N = 394) was conducted to identify the preliminary dimensions and items of the CHS. Study 3 further conducted confirmatory factor analysis (N = 291) and reliability analysis (N1 = 291, N2 = 200 and an offline sample of N3 = 112), followed by validity analysis (N = 271), to finalize the scale. To further explore the characteristics and cultural specificity of humility, Study 4 employed latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify different humility types and compared the humility structure between Chinese (N = 981) and Western (N = 273) samples.
Results from Studies 1-3 established the 19-item CHS, comprising five dimensions: Accurate Self-Perception, Other-Enhancement, Dialectical Thinking, Self-Effacement, and Self-Improvement. The validity analyses in Study 3 further showed that the CHS was moderately positively correlated with existing Western measures of humility. Furthermore, the CHS demonstrated significant correlations with dimensions of HEXACO personality, dialectical self, Zhongyong thinking, narcissism, and self-esteem. In Study 4, LPA revealed five latent profiles of humility within the Chinese context: “Humble”, “Moderately Humble”, “Overly Humble”, “Unhumble”, and “Strategically Humble”. Notably, Western participants scored significantly lower than their Chinese counterparts on Dialectical Thinking and Self-Effacement, and the “Overly Humble” profile was absent in the Western sample.
Overall, across four studies, this research systematically investigated the personality structure and conceptualization of humility in Chinese culture and developed the Chinese Humility Scale. The findings advance theoretical understanding of humility as a culturally embedded virtue and offer a new measurement tool for future research. Furthermore, the application of latent profile analysis to identify distinct humility profiles illuminates the cultural specificity of this construct and offers a new perspective for cross-cultural research.

Key words: humility, grounded theory, latent profile analysis

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