Neuroticism, social support, and the timing of first parenthood: A prospective study

Reis, Olaf; Dörnte, M.; Lippe, Holger von der

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“…While previous studies of personality and childbearing have found few if any sex differences (Alvergne, Jokela, & Lummaa, 2010; Jokela et al, 2010; Jokela & Keltikangas‐Järvinen, 2009; Jokela et al, 2009; Reis et al, 2011), it is reasonable to expect that such differences might exist. Thus, we fitted all the models in men and women separately in addition to presenting the results for the total sample.…”

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“…In a sample of Dutch women, mothers were more agreeable and extraverted than women with no children (Dijkstra & Barelds, 2009), while high‐childhood neuroticism was negatively related to the likelihood of becoming a parent in a sample of German women and men (Reis, Dörnte, & von der Lippe, 2011). Two studies reported no associations between having children and extraversion (Nettle, 2005) and measures of childhood temperament (Mealey & Segal, 1993).…”

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Reproductive Behavior and Personality Traits of the Five Factor Model

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We examined associations between Five Factor Model personality traits and various outcomes of reproductive behavior in a sample of 15 729 women and men from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) and Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) survey. Personality and reproductive history was self-reported in adulthood (mean age: 53 years). High extraversion, high openness to experience, and low neuroticism were associated with larger number of children in both sexes, while high agreeableness and low conscientiousness correlated with larger offspring number in women only. These associations were independent of marital status. There were also more specific associations between personality and timing of childbearing. The findings demonstrate that personality traits of the Five Factor Model are systematically associated with multiple reproductive outcomes.

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“…However, higher Neuroticism is also positively related to earlier childbirth and to the chance of unplanned pregnancy, and after controlling for social class it is positively related to the chance of planned pregnancies (Berg et al 2013;Tavares 2008). In adolescents, higher Neuroticism has been associated with greater decisional ambivalence towards childbearing (Pinquart et al 2008) and lower likelihood of becoming a parent by the age of 38 (Reis et al 2011). Jokela et al (2009) found the related trait of Emotionality (Buss and Plomin 1984) was not predictive of the first birth, but higher Emotionality was associated with fewer subsequent children.…”

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Personality and voluntary childlessness

Avison

Furnham

2015

J Pop Research

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This study examined the association between personality and childbearing motivation, with a focus on voluntary childlessness. 780 adults completed an online survey assessing the Big Five personality traits, the trait of Independence, desire for parenthood, motivations for choosing childlessness and various other socio-demographic characteristics. Compared to parents or those desiring children, childfree respondents scored significantly higher in Independence and significantly lower in Agreeableness and Extraversion. They were also less religious and more politically liberal. For non-parents, level of desire for parenthood was negatively correlated with Independence and positively correlated with Agreeableness and religiosity. The ideal number of children desired was positively correlated with Agreeableness and religiosity. Childfree respondents who decided early in life not to have children ('early articulators') were significantly higher in Independence and Openness to Experience than those who decided later in life. Motivations for childlessness loaded onto five factors, four of which correlated significantly with personality traits. The results suggest that personality plays a considerable role in influencing individuals towards, or away from, parenthood.

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“…Personality has also been studied in terms of its relation to the timing of fertility, and Tavares (), using data from the British Household Panel Survey, found that agreeableness, extraversion and neuroticism relate to early childbearing and that openness and conscientiousness relate to later childbearing ( N = 6956 women). A longitudinal study of men and women from the German city of Rostock ( N = 244), however, found that neuroticism is associated with a delay in the timing of first birth (Reis, Dörntea, & von der Lippe, ).…”

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Personality Traits Increasingly Important for Male Fertility: Evidence from Norway

Skirbekk

Blekesaune

2014

Eur J Pers

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We study the relationship between personality traits and fertility using a survey of Norwegian men and women born from 1927 to 1968 (N = 7017 individuals). We found that personality relates to men's and women's fertility differently; conscientiousness decreases female fertility, openness decreases male fertility and extraversion raises the fertility of both sexes. Neuroticism depresses fertility for men, but only for those born after 1956. The lower male fertility in younger cohorts high in neuroticism cannot be explained by partnership status, income or education. The proportion of childless men (at age 40 years) has increased rapidly for Norwegian male cohorts from 1940 to 1970 (from about 15 to 25 per cent). For women, it has only increased marginally (from 10 to 13 per cent). Our findings suggest that this could be partly explained by the increasing importance of personality characteristics for men's probability of becoming fathers. Men that have certain personality traits may increasingly be avoiding the long‐term commitment of having children, or their female partners are shunning entering this type of commitment with them. Childbearing in contemporary richer countries may be less likely to be influenced by economic necessities and more by individual partner characteristics, such as personality. Copyright © 2013 European Association of Personality Psychology

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Neuroticism, social support, and the timing of first parenthood: A prospective study

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Reproductive Behavior and Personality Traits of the Five Factor Model

Reproductive Behavior and Personality Traits of the Five Factor Model

Personality and voluntary childlessness

Personality Traits Increasingly Important for Male Fertility: Evidence from Norway

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