Validity of Big Five personality judgments in childhood: a 9 year longitudinal study

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens B. Asendorpf ◽  
Marcel A. G. Van Aken
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Big Five ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Social Inhibition ◽  
Personality Judgments ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences ◽  
Q Sort

In a 9 year longitudinal study over childhood, the Big Five personality traits were assessed at ages 4–6 by teacher Q‐sorts, at age 10 by parental Q‐sorts, and at age 12 by parental and friend ratings on bipolar adjective scales. The Big Five Q‐sort indices were based on definitions proposed by John, Caspi, Robins, Moffitt, and Stouthamer‐Loeber (1994) for adolescent boys. They were related to judgments and behavioural observations of inhibition and aggressiveness, and to antecedents and consequences of school achievement such as IQ and cognitive self‐esteem. Neuroticism and low extraversion correlated with social inhibition, low agreeableness and low conscientiousness with aggressiveness, and conscientiousness and/or culture/intellect/openness with antecedents and outcomes of school achievement. These correlations were consistently found throughout childhood. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Personality Traits And Social Competence Of The Offenders Against Children

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-104
Author(s):  
Zdzisław Majchrzyk ◽  
Karolina Grzywińska-Aleksandrowicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Competence ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Child Molesters ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
General Level ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Sexual Offences ◽  
Neo Five Factor Inventory

The aim of the present study aims to find out whether preferential child molesters differ from situational child molesters in terms of the level of the Big Five personality traits, self-esteem and social competence, as well as relations between them. The group of preferential molesters consisted of 55 men convicted of sexual offences against children and diagnosed with pedophilia. The group of situational molesters consisted of 50 convicts without such a diagnosis. NEO-Five-Factor Inventory, Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory (MSEI) and Social Competence Questionnaire (KKS) were used in the study. Significant differences between the groups were found in the dimension of agreeableness, selfassessment in terms of likability and moral selfacceptance, the general level of social competence and the competence that determines effective behaviour in intimate situations. The preferential offenders scored lower on all scales. Extraversion turned out to be the best predictor of social competence in both groups. In conclusion it turned out that except for several traits, preferential offenders do not differ significantly from one another. Such knowledge can be used in dealing with the perpetrators - both with regard to criminal offences, as well as therapeutic interactions.

scholarly journals Longitudinal study on reciprocity between personality traits and parenting stress

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Rantanen ◽  
Kati Tillemann ◽  
Riitta-Leena Metsäpelto ◽  
Katja Kokko ◽  
Lea Pulkkinen
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Reciprocal Associations

Reciprocal associations between the Big Five personality traits and parenting stress—including both parents’ feelings of their distress and perception of their incompetence as parents—were studied with 248 participants (49% of which were males). Longitudinal data, collected at ages 33/36, 42 and 50 years, were used. Cross-lagged path analysis revealed that in case of both mothers and fathers, neuroticism at age 33 predicted high parenting stress, and extraversion at age 33 predicted low parenting stress at age 42. Also, parenting stress at age 36 predicted high neuroticism and low extraversion at age 42. From age 42 to 50, only high parenting stress contributed to low neuroticism. Thus, more significant cross-lagged associations of neuroticism and extraversion with parenting stress were detected in early middle age, i.e., from age 33/36 to 42, as compared to later midlife, i.e., from 42 to 50 years of age. The reciprocal associations between parenting stress and neuroticism and extraversion were similar for both mothers and fathers. High conscientiousness at age 42, however, predicted low parenting stress at age 50 only in fathers.

The Relationship between Psychometric and Self-Estimated Intelligence, Creativity, Personality and Academic Achievement

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Furnham ◽  
Jane Zhang ◽  
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Fluid Intelligence ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Intelligence Scores ◽  
Performance Results ◽  
The Relationship

This longitudinal study aimed to explore the nature of the relationships between personality Big Five as measured by the (NEO PI-R), psychometric and self-estimated intelligence (Ravens, Wonderlic and Baddeley Tests) and creativity (Barron Welsh Test). A model was developed which proposed that both self-estimated intelligence (SEI) and creativity (SEC) as well as the Big Five personality traits, predicted both psychometric intelligence and creativity which in turn predicted academic performance. Results showed that Openness was significantly correlated with, and predicted, fluid intelligence (Ravens) as well as psychometric Creativity (Barron Welsh). SEI was found to be predictive of intelligence scores on all three IQ tests. Openness to Experience (positively) and Conscientiousness (negatively) was found to predict psychometric Creativity. Males gave consistently higher estimates than females in SEI and SEC. Academic performance was found to be predicted by trait Conscientiousness, and also by Baddeley (fluid intelligence). Implications of this study are discussed.

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