Paths from socioemotional behavior in middle childhood to personality in middle adulthood.

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Paths from socioemotional behavior in middle childhood to personality in middle adulthood.

Katja Kokko Lea Pulkkinen Johanna Rantanen

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persoonallisuus piirteet Adult Male Surgency Karolinska Scales of Personality Adolescent Personality Inventory Psychometrics media_common.quotation_subject Emotions 050109 social psychology pitkittäistutkimus 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology sukupuoli temperamentti Extraversion Psychological Surveys and Questionnaires Developmental and Educational Psychology Personality Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Big Five personality traits Life-span and Life-course Studies Child Social Behavior ta515 Demography media_common Extraversion and introversion itsehallinta Chi-Square Distribution 05 social sciences longitudinal study persoonallisuuden piirteet Age Factors Conscientiousness itse-kontrolli tempermanetti Personality Development Temperament Female Personality Assessment Inventory Psychology Clinical psychology Personality

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Continuity in individual differences from socioemotional behavior in middle childhood to personality characteristics in middle adulthood was examined on the assumption that they share certain temperament-related elements. Socioemotional characteristics were measured using teacher ratings at ages 8 (N = 369; 53% males) and 14 (95% of the initial sample). Personality was assessed at age 42 (63% of the initial sample; 50% males) using a shortened version of the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI); the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP); and the Adult Temperament Questionnaire (ATQ). Three models were tested using structural equation modeling. The results confirmed paths (a) from behavioral activity to adult Extraversion and Openness (NEO-PI), sociability (KSP), and surgency (ATQ); (b) from well-controlled behavior to adult conformity (KSP) and Conscientiousness (NEO-PI); and (c) from negative emotionality to adult aggression (KSP). The paths were significant only for one gender, and more frequently for males than for females. The significant male paths from behavioral activity to all indicators of adult activity and from well-controlled behavior to adult conformity started at age 8, whereas significant female paths from behavioral activity to adult sociability and from well-controlled behavior to adult Conscientiousness started at age 14. peerReviewed

year	journal	country	edition	language
2012-01-01	Developmental psychology

10.1037/a0027463 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22352969