ERIC Number: EJ720032
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jul
Pages: 20
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Temperament Factors as Longitudinal Predictors of Young Adult Personality
Deal, James E.; Halverson, Charles F., Jr.; Havill, Valerie; Martin, Roy P.
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, v51 n3 p315-334 Jul 2005
While there is a general consensus that temperament forms the enduring, biologically based foundation of personality and that this biological basis should imply some continuity within the individual across time, there is a limited literature exploring linkages between these areas. The purpose of this article was to provide an initial assessment of the relation between a two-factor model of temperament in early/middle childhood and the five-factor model of personality in late adolescence/young adulthood. Data were gathered from 115 children who had participated in a longitudinal study of early/middle childhood and who provided follow-up data 15 years later. Significant linkages were found between the two time periods. At the facet level, temperament in early and middle childhood accounted for an average of 32% of the variance in personality in late adolescence/early young adulthood. At the domain level, temperament accounted for an average of 34% of the variance.
Descriptors: Late Adolescents, Personality Assessment, Young Adults, Children, Personality Traits, Early Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Longitudinal Studies, Personality Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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