PROJECT “TIME TO GROW UP” ASSISTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF “ADULT” PERSONALITY TRAITS OF STUDENTS

Author(s):  
Vladislav Viktorovich Istomin
2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 445-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jüri Allik ◽  
Kaia Laidra ◽  
Anu Realo ◽  
Helle Pullmann

The Estonian NEO‐FFI was administered to 2650 Estonian adolescents (1420 girls and 1230 boys) aged from 12 to 18 years and attending 6th, 8th, 10th, or 12th grade at secondary schools all over Estonia. Although the mean levels of personality traits of Estonian adolescents were quite similar to the respective scores of Estonian adults, there was a developmental gap in Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. Three of the five personality dispositions demonstrated a modest cross‐sectional change in the mean level of the trait scores: the level of Openness increased and the levels of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness decreased between 12 and 18 years of age. Although the five‐factor structure of personality was already recognizable in the sample of 12‐year‐old children, it demonstrated only an approximate congruence with the adult structure, suggesting that not all children of that age have developed abilities required for observing one's own personality dispositions and for giving reliable self‐reports on the basis of these observations. The self‐reported personality trait structure matures and becomes sufficiently differentiated around age 14–15 and grows to be practically indistinguishable from adult personality by the age of 16. Personality of adolescents becomes more differentiated with age: along with the growth of mental capacities the correlations among the personality traits and intelligence become smaller. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


2017 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. S197-S198
Author(s):  
Alaptagin Khan ◽  
Hannah McCormack ◽  
Elizabeth Bolger ◽  
Cynthia McGreenery ◽  
Martin Teicher

Author(s):  
Amanda A Sesker ◽  
Páraic S O’Súilleabháin ◽  
Ji Hyun Lee ◽  
Damaris Aschwanden ◽  
Martina Luchetti ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective This study investigates the association between childhood socioeconomic status (cSES) and risk of cognitive impairment in older adulthood, and whether Five Factor Model personality traits mediated this association. Methods A sample of 9,995 participants (mean age = 67.01 years) from the Health and Retirement Study were followed every two years from 2006 to 2018. cSES was tested as a predictor of risk of dementia and risk of cognitive impairment not dementia (CIND). Personality was tested as a mediator of these associations. Models were adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, race, education, and baseline year. Results Although effect sizes were modest, results indicated that lower cSES was associated with higher risk of dementia (HR=0.88, [0.775, 0.985]). Higher cSES was also associated with higher Conscientiousness and lower Neuroticism. Conscientiousness and Neuroticism each accounted for 7.9% of the total effect of cSES on dementia. Results were similar for CIND. Conclusions Early childhood socioeconomic factors may contribute to cognitive impairment in older adulthood, an association mediated, in part, through adult personality traits.


2003 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avshalom Caspi ◽  
HonaLee Harrington ◽  
Barry Milne ◽  
James W. Amell ◽  
Reremoana F. Theodore ◽  
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1976 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Warner Schaie ◽  
Iris A. Parham

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Hengartner ◽  
Lisa J. Cohen ◽  
Stephanie Rodgers ◽  
Mario Müller ◽  
Wulf Rössler ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 383-392
Author(s):  
Trine Flensborg-Madsen ◽  
Cathrine Lawaetz Wimmelmann ◽  
Erik Lykke Mortensen

Background: Although plausible links between language development and personality have been suggested, longitudinal studies of these associations into adulthood have not been conducted. Aim: To investigate whether children’s age at attaining language milestones is associated with later adult personality. Methods: Mothers’ of 8,400 children from the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort recorded six language milestones during the child’s first 3 years of life. Information on at least one language milestone was available for two subsamples with adult follow-up information on personality: The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was available for 691 individuals with a mean age of 27.5 years and The NEO Five-Factor Inventory was available for 902 individuals with a mean age of 50.0 years. Results: Faster attainment of language milestones was associated with lower neuroticism in young adulthood and with higher extraversion and openness to experience in midlife. A total of 1.9% of the variance in neuroticism, 2.5% of the variance in extraversion, and 1.6% of the variance in openness to experience was explained by language milestones. Conclusion: Only a modest part of variance in personality traits was explained by language milestones. However, the study adds to the literature on potential consequences of the timing of language development and suggests a link between language milestones and personality in adulthood.


2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 912-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Sutin ◽  
A. B. Zonderman ◽  
L. Ferrucci ◽  
A. Terracciano

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