Personality, perceived parental rejection and problem behavior in adolescence

Akse, Joyce; Hale, William W.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Raaijmakers, Quinten A. W.; Meeus, Wim

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“…It is known that undercontrollers are very impulsive and often have academic and behavioural problems, which could be a possible cause for serious conflicts with other people. The negative feelings that are related to these conflicts might cause a negative mood (Akse et al, 2004;Dubas et al, 2002), which could lead them to exhibit more overcontrolling characteristics and…”

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“…We used the k-means clustering procedure to construct the personality types on the basis of the Big Five dimensions (Akse et al, 2004;Dubas et al, 2002) one of the three clusters on the basis of the correspondence between the cluster centre and the individual's mean. The means within a cluster must correspond highly with each other, whereas the means between the clusters must differ highly from each other.…”

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Stability and change in personality type membership and anxiety in adolescence

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Journal of Adolescence

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Although the stability and changeability of personality has long been debated, many studies now agree that personality changes over the life course. Although the changes in rank-order and mean-level stability are well established, the stability in personality type membership during adolescence is not yet clear. Little research has been conducted on the associations between change in personality type membership and anxiety. A total of 827 adolescents (10-20 years) completed personality and anxiety questionnaires on 2 waves of the CONflict And Management Of RElationships study (CONAMORE). We found that the stability in personality type membership was moderate. The change from undercontroller to overcontroller was the most frequently occurring change. Furthermore, the stability in type membership was related to stability in anxiety level and change in type membership was related to anxiety change. More specifically, the resilient-overcontroller group demonstrated an increase in anxiety level, whereas the overcontrollerresilient group demonstrated a decrease. r

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Stability and change in personality type membership and anxiety in adolescence

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Journal of Adolescence

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“…Some recent personcentered studies also reported findings in line with this model, as adolescents who were lower on Extraversion were more at risk for developing a depressive mood (Akse, Hale, Engels, Raaijmakers, & Meeus, 2004, 2007aDubas, Gerris, Janssens, & Vermulst, 2002;Van Aken, Van Lieshout, Scholte, & Haselager, 2002). In addition, adolescents who changed from an introverted and socially withdrawn personality type to a personality type that was more extraverted and less socially withdrawn, displayed decreasing levels of internalizing problem behavior, while increasing levels of internalizing problem behavior accompanied personality type changes in the opposite direction (Akse, Hale, Engels, Raaijmakers, & Meeus, 2007b).…”

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“…Undercontrollers have excessively low levels of ego-control, resulting in an inability to delay gratification, and a tendency to respond immediately and impulsively to environmental triggers (Block & Block, 1980). Because Robins et al (1996) demonstrated that Resilients, Undercontrollers, and Overcontrollers have clearly distinguishable Big Five profiles, several subsequent studies (e.g., Akse, Hale, Engels, Raaijmakers, & Meeus, 2004;Asendorpf, Borkenau, Ostendorpf, & Van Aken, 2001;Dubas, Gerris, Janssens, & Vermulst, 2002) extracted personality types directly from Big Five data. For this purpose, they applied cluster analysis to Big Five ratings (see for example Akse, Hale, Engels, Raaijmakers, & Meeus, 2007, for an explanation of this technique).…”

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“…Five questionnaire data (e.g., Akse, Hale, Engels, Raaijmakers, & Meeus, 2004;Dubas, Gerris, Janssens, & Vermulst, 2002). With regard to gender differences, boys usually are overrepresented among Undercontrollers (e.g., Akse et al, 2004;Asendorpf et al, 2001), while girls tend to be overrepresented among Resilients and/or Overcontrollers (e.g., Akse et al, 2004;Dubas et al, 2002).…”

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The dynamics of personality and identity in adolescence

Klimstra

2012

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

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Portions of this chapter will be published as: Klimstra, T. A., Hale, W. W., Raaijmakers, Q. A. W., Branje, S. J. T., & Meeus, W. H. J. (in press). Personality assessment and maturation. In R. J. R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of adolescence. Heidelberg, Germany: SpringerVerlag. General Introduction 12 Chapter 1. General introductionWhen persons describe themselves, they are typically referring to certain characteristics, such as "outgoing", "nervous", "messy", "friendly" and "creative". Exactly these kinds of characteristics define one's personality. In personality psychology, which focuses on individual differences in the just-mentioned characteristics, there has been a longstanding debate on what would be the most appropriate set of characteristics to describe people by. In the last twenty years, there has been a growing consensus on this issue, as a majority of researchers now agree that personality characteristics can be subsumed in five broad traits: the Big Five (Caspi, Roberts, & Shiner, 2005). These five broad factors are Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Openness to Experience (McCrae & Costa, 1987).Extraversion (as opposed to introversion) refers to being dominant, outgoing and energetic in interpersonal situations. Extraverted individuals tend to enjoy social attention and experience frequent positive moods. Agreeableness encompasses a wide range of characteristics that are all indicative of an individual's competence and willingness to maintain positive and reciprocal relationships with others; in other words, pro-social behavioral tendencies. Conscientiousness refers to personal characteristics indicative of behavioral and cognitive control. Conscientious individuals are neat, orderly, and responsible persons, who have little trouble with dividing their attention in an optimal way. Emotional Stability (as opposed to Neuroticism) is indicative of a person's ability to deal with negative emotions in an effective manner. A person with low levels of Emotional Stability is often insecure, has a tendency to experience negative moods, gets frustrated easily, and is commonly anxious. Openness to Experience refers to a person's style of dealing with new information and opportunities. It comprises aspects such as creativity, imagination, originality, and curiosity.Another aspect of the self that becomes more salient in adolescence is identity (Erikson, 1950(Erikson, , 1968. Identity has been conceptualized as "self-sameness and continuity to… the style of one's individuality, and that this style coincides with the sameness and continuity of one's meaning for significant others in the immediate community" (Erikson, 1968, p. 50).Although Erikson's (1950Erikson's ( , 1968 initial work on identity sparked an interest in research on the topic, it could not be directly translated into an empirically testable construct. To overcome this problem, Marcia (1966) elaborated on Erikson's work and developed the identity status paradigm. In this paradigm, the focus is on two key pro...

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Children and Chronic Sorrow: Reconceptualizing the Emotional Impact of Parental Rejection and Its Treatment

McAdams

Dewell

Holman

2011

J Humanistic Counseling

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The concept of chronic sorrow offers a fresh perspective for understanding the negative emotional impact of parental rejection on children. Additionally, it provides a clinical alternative to coercion for breaking through children's emotional defenses against further rejection in caregiving relationships.   It was Christmas day, and Nancy, a 14-year-old only child who lived with her mother, was thrilled at the prospect of seeing her father again for the first time in almost a year. He had promised to take her for a "Christmas lunch" and then to see The Nutcracker, which was being performed by a local drama group. In the 3 years since her mother and father divorced, her father had relocated, and although he lived within an hour from Nancy and her mother, his contact with Nancy had steadily dwindled to an occasional call every 6 months or so, despite promises to contact her more often. Aware of her alcoholic ex-husband's lack of dependability in the past, Nancy's mother had tried to prepare Nancy for possible disappointment on this occasion, but Nancy's enthusiasm was not to be dampened, since her father had previously canceled a visit planned on her birthday and had made a "solemn promise" that he would spend Christmas day with her. When the time of his scheduled arrival came and passed, Nancy called her father to see why he was running late. Her father answered the telephone, and she could tell that he had been drinking and could hear other people talking and laughing in the background. He told Nancy that he was planning to call her because he had had car trouble and wouldn't be able to make it. He added that she would really like the Christmas present he had for her, and that he would reschedule another outing for them very soon. Slamming the phone down on the table, Nancy threw herself on the sofa and turned on the TV. Realizing what had happened, her mother asked Nancy if she wanted to talk about it, and Nancy angrily replied, "He did it again-I hate him!" Trying to hold back her tears, she asked, "Am I really that bad to be with?" To the reassurance from her mother that she had done nothing wrong, Nancy only replied, "Just promise you won't ever leave me!"

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Personality, perceived parental rejection and problem behavior in adolescence

Abstract: Several clear moderating effects of the personality type x gender groups were found on associations between perceived parental rejection, depression and aggression. Future research should focus on these specific combinations instead of using either personality types or gender separately.

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Stability and change in personality type membership and anxiety in adolescence

Stability and change in personality type membership and anxiety in adolescence

The dynamics of personality and identity in adolescence

Children and Chronic Sorrow: Reconceptualizing the Emotional Impact of Parental Rejection and Its Treatment

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