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Linking childhood personality with adaptation: Evidence for continuity and change across time into late adolescence.

Shiner, Rebecca L.·2000·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.78.2.310
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Four personality traits--Mastery Motivation, Academic Conscientiousness, Surgent Engagement, and Agreeableness--were measured in a community sample of 205 children (ages 8-12), who were followed up 10 years later. Childhood personality was examined in relation to concurrent and longitudinal adaptation in 3 domains--academic achievement, rule-abiding versus antisocial conduct, and peer social competence. The childhood personality traits evidenced robust, conceptually coherent relationships with adaptation, both concurrently and across time. Childhood personality added to the prediction of later adaptation, beyond childhood IQ and earlier adaptation in the same domain. Few sex differences were obtained in the relationships between childhood personality and adaptation. The present results document both continuity and discontinuity in the links between childhood personality and adaptation across childhood into late adolescence.

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  • Extraverted and agreeable children are more socially competent in their youth and later in adulthood.

    “Extraverted and agreeable children are more socially competent in their youth and later in adulthood, and these personality traits are associated with more positive responses from social partners (Asendorpf & van Aken, 2003; Caspi et al., 2005; Shiner, 2000).”

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  • Extraversion and agreeableness are associated with more positive responses from social partners.

    “Extraverted and agreeable children are more socially competent in their youth and later in adulthood, and these personality traits are associated with more positive responses from social partners (Asendorpf & van Aken, 2003; Caspi et al., 2005; Shiner, 2000).”

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Authors
Shiner, R. L.
Affiliations
University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Shiner, Rebecca L.
ORCID
Shiner, Rebecca L.
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2000
Volume
78
Issue
2
Pages
310-325
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.78.2.310
OpenAlex
W2068262245
Cited by
176
References
67
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh033222-09)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH-33222)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
child personality, personality continuity, personality change, mastery motivation, agreeableness, academic performance, antisocial behavior, peer social competence, late adolescence, sex differences, longitudinal development
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Child, Psychology, Child, Educational Status, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Personality, Personality Development, Personality Inventory, Self Concept, Sex Factors, Social Adjustment, Temperament

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