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ERIC Number: EJ673635
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-976X
Personality and Development in Childhood: A Person-Centered Approach.
Hart, Daniel; Atkins, Robert; Fegley, Suzanne
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, v68 n1 p1-109 2003
Applied a person-centered approach to childhood personality development in 28 diverse samples of 3- to 6-year-olds studied over 6 years. Identified resilient, overcontrolled, and undercontrolled personality types. Found that the undercontrolled personality type related to intellectual decline over 6 years. The number of family risks predicted change in personality type over 2 years. Personality type moderated the association of Head Start participation with childhood cognitive development and behavior problems. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Child Development, Children, Family Environment, Individual Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Personality Change, Personality Development, Personality Studies, Personality Traits, Predictor Variables, Reliability, Resilience (Personality), Student Behavior
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Behavioral Stability; Moderator Variables (Statistics); Person Centered Approach; Personality Types; Project Head Start; Risk Factors
Note: Serial No. 272. For commentary, see PS 534 661 in this issue.