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The "Little Five": Exploring the Nomological Network of the Five-Factor Model of Personality in Adolescent Boys

John, Oliver P., Caspi, Avshalom, Robins, Richard W., Moffitt, Terrie E., Stouthamer-Loeber, Magda·1994·Child Development
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1994.tb00742.x
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The California Child Q-set (CCQ) was used to explore the structure of personality in early adolescence and to develop scales to measure the "Big Five" dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Mothers provided Q-sorts of 350 ethnically diverse boys between 12 and 13 years old. Analyses of the construct validity of the scales provided a nomological network relating the Big Five to theoretically and socially important criterion variables, such as juvenile delinquency, Externalizing and Internalizing disorders of childhood psychopathology, school performance, IQ, SES, and race. These effects were obtained using diverse methods, including self-reports from the boys, ratings by their mothers and their teachers, and objective-test data. In addition to the Big Five, analyses also suggested 2 possibly age-specific dimensions of personality in early adolescence. Discussion is focused on the changing manifestations of personality traits throughout development.

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  • In a sample of at-risk youth, boys who had committed severe delinquent behaviors were more than three quarters of a standard deviation lower in Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, as measured by mother's reports at age 12 or 13, than boys who had committed minor or no delinquent behaviors up to that age.

    “in a sample of at-risk youth, boys who had committed severe delinquent behaviors were more than three quarters of a standard deviation lower in Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, as measured by mother's reports at age 12 or 13, than boys who had committed minor or no delinquent behaviors up to that age (John, Caspi, Robins et al. [1994]).”

    From Personality Psychology and Economics (2011) · cites this paper as John, Caspi, Robins et al. [1994]

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Authors
John, O. P., Caspi, A., Robins, R. W., Moffitt, T. E., & Stouthamer-Loeber, M.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
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Venue
Child Development
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1994-02
Volume
65
Issue
1
Pages
160
ISSN
0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1994.tb00742.x
OpenAlex
W2143047691
Cited by
460
References
4
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh045548-03, 5r29mh049255-05)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH MH49255, NIMH MH45548)
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
Big Five personality traits, nomological network, early adolescence, adolescent boys, construct validity, juvenile delinquency, externalizing disorders, internalizing disorders, academic performance, IQ, socioeconomic status, race, personality development
MeSH terms
Achievement, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Psychology, Adolescent, Humans, Intelligence, Juvenile Delinquency, Male, Personality, Personality Inventory

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