Longitudinal change and longitudinal stability of individual differences in children's emotion understanding

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1158-1174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Pons ◽  
Paul Harris
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Emotion Understanding ◽  
Longitudinal Change ◽  
Longitudinal Stability ◽  
Children's Emotion

scholarly journals Factors Facilitating Early Emotion Understanding Development: Contributions to Individual Differences

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Marissa Ogren ◽  
Scott P. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Academic Development ◽  
Emotion Understanding ◽  
Family Expressiveness ◽  
Current Review ◽  
Children's Emotion ◽  
Children's Environments ◽  
Do So

Children’s emotion understanding is crucial for healthy social and academic development. The behaviors influenced by emotion understanding in childhood have received much attention, but less focus has been placed on factors that may predict individual differences in emotion understanding, the principal issue addressed in the current review. A more thorough understanding of the developmental underpinnings of this skill may allow for better prediction of emotion understanding, and for interventions to improve emotion understanding early in development. Here, we present theoretical arguments for the substantial roles of three aspects of children’s environments in the development of emotion understanding: family expressiveness, discussions about emotions, and language development, and we discuss how these are interrelated. Ultimately, this may aid in predicting the effects of environmental influences on the development of emotion understanding more broadly and the mechanisms by which they do so.

Individual differences in children's emotion understanding: Effects of age and language

2003 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Pons ◽  
Joanne Lawson ◽  
Paul L. Harris ◽  
Marc de Rosnay
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Emotion Understanding ◽  
Children's Emotion

scholarly journals Heritability of Risk-Taking in Adolescence: A Longitudinal Twin Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 366-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey P. Anokhin ◽  
Simon Golosheykin ◽  
Julia Grant ◽  
Andrew C. Heath
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Genetic Model ◽  
Model Fitting ◽  
Behavioral Measure ◽  
Longitudinal Stability ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Longitudinal Twin Study ◽  
Adolescent Twins

AbstractAdolescents are prone to risk-taking behaviors leading to adverse consequences such as substance abuse, accidents, violence, and victimization. However, little is known about the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to individual differences in the propensity for risk-taking. This study investigated developmental changes, longitudinal stability, and heritability of risk-taking using data from 752 adolescent twins including 169 MZ and 203 DZ pairs. The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), an experimental behavioral measure of risk taking, was administered to the twins at age 12 and then re-administered to a part of this sample at age 14. Risk-taking increased with age, but individual differences showed a significant longitudinal stability. Genetic model fitting showed that at age 12, heritability of risk-taking was modest but significant in both sexes, whereas at age 14, heritability increased to 55% in males and became nonsignificant in females. The findings suggest that propensity for risk-taking as measured by BART can be a useful endophenotype for genetic studies of adolescent externalizing psychopathology, however, the utility of this measure may be limited by sex differences in heritability.

scholarly journals Children's emotion understanding: A meta-analysis of training studies

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 41-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Sprung ◽  
Hannah M. Münch ◽  
Paul L. Harris ◽  
Chad Ebesutani ◽  
Stefan G. Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Emotion Understanding ◽  
Children's Emotion ◽  
Training Studies

Beyond stability: Predicting inter‐individual differences in intra‐individual change

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens B. Asendorpf
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Developmental Perspective ◽  
Individual Change ◽  
Longitudinal Stability ◽  
Personality Psychology ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Personality Differences ◽  
Overall Stability ◽  
Differential Stability

Demonstration of a high longitudinal stability of inter‐individual diferences in behaviour has been one traditional goal of personality psychology. In recent years, impressively high longitudinal correlations have been reported for self‐and other‐ratings of behaviour in adulthood, indicating a high overall stability of personality differences in that period of development. However, even 5‐year correlations around 0.70 do not exclude major deviations of some of the subjects from this overall stability (i.e. differential stability in the sample). Furthermore, the younger a sample is, the lower will be the longitudinal stability observed, and the less suficient is the explanation of inter‐individual diferences by static traits. This article goes beyond the notion of stability at the sample level by asking from a developmental perspective (a) whether systematic inter‐individual differences in intra‐individual change exist, (b) how they can be assessed, and (c) whether these inter‐individual differences can be explained by characteristics of the person or of the environment.

Long-term consistency despite cross-seasonal changes in personality traits of common waxbills

Behaviour ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 157 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 781-806
Author(s):  
Soraia Guerra ◽  
Ana Cristina R. Gomes ◽  
Gonçalo C. Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Breeding Season ◽  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Tonic Immobility ◽  
Longitudinal Change ◽  
Personality Differences ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Proactive Behaviour

Abstract Tests of long-term consistency in personality differences are not abundant. We studied personality in common waxbills (Estrilda astrild) from one Autumn to the next, and also from Autumn to a subsequent Spring, using a behavioural assay for their proactive-reactive personality axis (mirror test) and for tonic immobility. From one Autumn to the next, individual differences were consistent and the population median behaviours did not change, indicating long-term stability of personality differences. From Autumn to Spring, behavioural differences remained consistent, despite the population shifting to more proactive behaviour and individual differences being accentuated in the proactive-reactive personality axis. This increase in personality differences was not found between the two previous Autumns, suggesting a seasonal rather than longitudinal change, and a possible role for personality differences during the Spring breeding season. We conclude that waxbill personality differences are stable in the long term, despite changes in behaviour between Autumn and Spring.

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