The personality structure and cultural conceptualization of humility in Chinese culture

Key Points

• This research aims to define and structure the concept of humility within Chinese culture and develop a measurement tool.
• Combined qualitative research with corpus analysis and previous survey reviews.
• Constructed a five-dimensional humility scale: self-awareness, respect for others, dialectical thinking, modesty, and proactiveness.
• Applied latent profile analysis to classify types of humility in Chinese culture.
• Identified five types of humility: 'humble', 'moderately humble', 'excessively humble', 'not humble', and 'strategic humility'.
• Provided a new measurement tool for assessing humility, contributing to future research and enhancing talent selection.
• Clarified the essence of humility in Chinese culture, promoting individual growth and social harmony.