Effects of parenting quality on adolescents' personality resemblance to their parents. The TRAILS study

Abstract

This study considers the development of resemblance between 741 adolescents and their biological parents, across six NEO‐PI‐R personality traits known to be important in psychological problems: anger‐hostility, impulsiveness, vulnerability, assertiveness, excitement‐seeking, and self‐discipline. We modelled the association between perceived parental warmth and rejection at age eleven and personality resemblance to parents at about age sixteen. Parenting experienced during early adolescence was related to the degree and direction in which adolescents resembled their parents five years later in life. Rejection, especially from fathers, significantly predicted a smaller resemblance to both the parents. Girls were more strongly affected by parental quality than boys, and there was some indication that adolescents responded in opposite ways to parenting from mothers and fathers. This study is a first step in uncovering the complex interplay between parenting, gender, and the current generation's ability to develop personality traits independent from the previous generation.

Using Response Surface Analysis to Interpret the Impact of Parent–Offspring Personality Similarity on Adolescent Externalizing Problems

“…Robins, Caspi, & Moffitt, ; Selfhout et al, ), little is known regarding personality similarity between parents and offspring. Only two previous studies examined parent–offspring personality similarity (Langenhof, Komdeur, & Oldehinkel, ; Van Tuijl et al, ), suggesting that personality similarity might play an important role in offspring's development. However, it is not known whether the level of personality traits affects the impact of personality similarity.…”

“…The two studies investigating parent–offspring similarity in personality indicated that, when similarity mattered, it was associated with fewer externalizing problems (Langenhof et al, ; Van Tuijl et al, ). From an evolutionary perspective, such similarity might be beneficial.…”

“…The two previous studies investigating similarity used Q‐correlations (Van Tuijl et al, ) and difference scores (Langenhof et al, ). Such analyses do not differentiate between pairs who have similarly low or high personality traits.…”

Parenting Style as a Cognitive Factor in Developing Big-Five Personality Traits among Youth: A Study of Public University in Multan, Pakistan

“…Parenting styles (IV) based on responsiveness and demandingness (authoritarian, authoritative and permissive) and on the other hand, dependent variable (DV) Big five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness) were analyzed through the Pearson correlation for the identification of correlation, direction and consistency of the relationship between IV and DV results revealed that there was a significant correlation (p<0.01**) between parenting styles and personality traits. Langenhof, Komdeur and Oldehinkel (2016) stated that there was a significant relationship between parenting styles and personality resemblance (p<0.01 or 0.02) a parent's personality was a correlated with parent-child distinctions (adolescents were different from their parents) the researcher had applied the Pearson correlation on parental personality and children differences with respect to the corresponding personality of parents which was based on mildness &rejection of parents towards the child. As present results, showed there was a significant correlation between parenting style and personality traits at P<0.01**.…”

Fatherhood as a psychological phenomenon. Review of modern foreign literature

“…В долгосрочных отношениях между родителями и детьми постоянно оказывается прямое и косвенное влияние на собственных родителей. В течение обучения детей отцы становятся более уверенными и самодисциплинированными [19].…”