Temperament and Personality through the Life Span

Bates, John E.; Schermerhorn, Alice C.; Goodnight, Jackson A.

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“…More surprisingly, conscientiousness was also related to a decline in friendship quality from age 19 to 23. Overall, conscientiousness is generally considered to be a positive personality characteristic, reflecting responsible, task-oriented, and planful behavior (Bates, Schermerhorn, & Goodnight, 2010). However, in the context of young adult friendships, it is possible that individuals who are conscientiousness may engage in less impulsive, fun-seeking behavior (Bates et al, 2010), and may, therefore, not be exposed to as rich and varied experiences with peers, contributing to a decline in friendship quality over this developmental period.…”

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“…Overall, conscientiousness is generally considered to be a positive personality characteristic, reflecting responsible, task-oriented, and planful behavior (Bates, Schermerhorn, & Goodnight, 2010). However, in the context of young adult friendships, it is possible that individuals who are conscientiousness may engage in less impulsive, fun-seeking behavior (Bates et al, 2010), and may, therefore, not be exposed to as rich and varied experiences with peers, contributing to a decline in friendship quality over this developmental period. Another possibility is that adolescents who are conscientious at age 12 continue in their conscientiousness as young adults, finding themselves more absorbed by adult responsibilities and planning for their futures which leaves less time for friendships and may make friendships more difficult to sustain.…”

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Pathways of peer relationships from childhood to young adulthood

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et al. 2014

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

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This study examined trajectories of peer social preference during childhood and personality assessed in early adolescence in relation to trajectories of friendship quality during early adulthood. Participants (N = 585) were followed from age 5 to age 23. At ages 5 to 8, peers provided sociometric nominations; at age 12 participants reported their own personality characteristics; from age 19 to 23 participants rated their friendship quality. Latent growth modeling revealed that trajectories characterized by high levels of childhood peer social preference were related to trajectories characterized by high levels of early adulthood friendship quality. Early adolescent personality characterized by extraversion and conscientiousness predicted higher friendship quality at age 19, and conscientiousness predicted change in friendship quality from age 19 to 23. This study demonstrates that peer relationships show continuity from childhood to early adulthood and that qualities of core personality are linked to the development of adult friendships.

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Pathways of peer relationships from childhood to young adulthood

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et al. 2014

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

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“…This is consistent with earlier literature and propositions from attachment theory suggesting that parental psychological states carry over not only into parenting behaviors (Trapolini, Ungerer, & McMahon, 2008), but also into parents’ representations of their children’s behavior, such that distressed parents view their children as also being more distressed (Benoit, Parker, & Zeanah, 1997; Milgrom & McCloud, 1996). Others also suggest that parent reports reflect both a biased/subjective as well as a reliable/objective view of the child’s temperament (Bates, Schermerhorn, & Goodnight, 2010). Indeed, temperament ratings within twin dyads were significantly correlated only at 14 months.…”

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Longitudinal Influence of Paternal Distress on Children’s Representations of Fathers, Family Cohesion, and Family Conflict

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A parent’s distress is known to color children’s experiences of their families. Studies, however, have rarely focused on the levels of distress experienced by fathers, and in particular, as they affect the emotional experiences of their children. We examine the impact that fathers’ experience of distress throughout their children’s early years has on children’s emerging narrative representations of father-child relationships and of family conflict and cohesion. In this longitudinal investigation, fathers of young children reported their distress on two occasions in relation to self, the marital relationship, and the family climate. Fathers also concurrently reported on their children’s temperament, specifically negative emotionality. Children responded to story stem beginnings about challenging situations in the family and their narratives were scored for dysregulated negative-disciplinary and positive parental behaviors of fathers, family conflict themes, and family harmony themes. It was hypothesized that children of more distressed fathers would represent greater dysregulated fathering and higher levels of family conflict, and lower levels of positive fathering and family harmony than children of less distressed fathers. Further, the study examined whether this effect was mediated through the fathers’ reports of their children’s negative emotionality. Results partially supported the hypothesized direct and indirect effects. Children’s narratives of negative-disciplinary fathering and family conflict were more common in boys when fathers reported greater distress, and temperament ratings fully mediated this effect. However, their narratives of positive fathering and family harmony were not significantly affected. That positive family features were preserved in children’s narratives even in the face of greater father distress suggests that families may be able to build resilience to internalized distress through these positive narrative features.

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“…As such, children whom parents perceive as having a more challenging temperament may require more parental discussion of the child and higher levels of parental coordination to address child behavior problems (Bates, Schermerhorn, & Goodnight, 2010; Cook, Schoppe-Sullivan, Buckley, & Davis, 2009). As such, child temperament may serve as a moderator of parental congruency in reports of parent to child aggression.…”

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Parental agreement of reporting parent to child aggression using the Conflict Tactics Scales

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Child Abuse & Neglect

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Objectives This study examined mothers’ and fathers’ reporting congruency using the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales. We asked if the mother's report of the father's parenting aggression was consistent with the father's self-report of parenting aggression and if the father's report of the mother's parenting aggression was consistent with the mother's self- report of those same behaviors. We assessed moderators of parental reporting congruency: severity of the aggression, interparental conflict, child temperament, and child gender. Methods Participants were from the Child Development Project, a longitudinal study beginning when children were in kindergarten. The analyses herein included 163 children for whom 2 parents provided data about their own and their spouse or partner's behavior toward the child. Most parents (87%) were married. Mothers and fathers independently completed the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale, both with respect to their own behavior toward the child and with respect to their partner's behavior toward the child. Mothers completed the retrospective Infant Characteristics Questionnaire to assess child temperament. Mothers and fathers completed measures of interparental conflict. Results Both fathers and mothers self-reported more frequently engaging in each behavior than the other parent reported they did. Parents were more congruent on items assessing harsher parenting behavior. Furthermore, there was more agreement between parents regarding fathers’ behavior than mothers’ behavior. Analyses of interparental conflict, child difficult temperament, and child gender as moderators yielded findings suggesting that mothers’ and fathers’ reports of their own and their spouses’ harsh parenting behaviors were more concordant in couples with low levels of conflict, for children with easy temperaments, and for boys versus girls. Conclusions Prior studies indicate only a moderate level of agreement in couples’ reports of violence between intimate partners and suggest that perpetrators tend to underreport their use of aggression. The results of this study suggest that parents may be more consistent in their reports of parent to child violence using the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales than they are when reporting intimate partner violence. The results suggest that parental reports of their spouse's parent to child aggression are reliable.

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Temperament and Personality through the Life Span

Cited by 19 publications

References 228 publications

Pathways of peer relationships from childhood to young adulthood

Pathways of peer relationships from childhood to young adulthood

Longitudinal Influence of Paternal Distress on Children’s Representations of Fathers, Family Cohesion, and Family Conflict

Parental agreement of reporting parent to child aggression using the Conflict Tactics Scales

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