ERIC Number: EJ720030
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jul
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-930X
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Adolescent Personality Types and Subtypes and Their Psychosocial Adjustment
Scholte, Ron H. J.; van Lieshout, Cornelis F. M.; de Wit, Cees A. M.; van Aken, Marcel A. G.
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, v51 n3 p258-286 Jul 2005
Recent studies have suggested the existence of three personality types: resilients, overcontrollers, and undercontrollers. In this article, we searched for subtypes within each of the three main personality types. Using cluster analysis on the Big Five personality self-descriptions of 3,284 Dutch adolescent boys and girls, we distinguished communal and agentic resilients, vulnerable and achieving overcontrollers, and impulsive and oppositional undercontrollers. About two-thirds of the communal resilients and vulnerable overcontrollers were girls; agentic resilients and oppositional undercontrollers were mainly boys. The personality subtypes were further validated on a comprehensive set of self- and peer-reported adjustment measures, including perceived relational support, psychological well-being, delinquency, bullying involvement, peer acceptance and rejection, and peer-reported behavior. The personality subtypes were associated with very distinctive adjustment patterns.
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Gender Differences, Emotional Adjustment, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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