Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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951318 | Journal of Research in Personality | 2013 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
We report on the longitudinal stability of personality traits across an average 40Â years in the Hawaii Personality and Health Cohort relating childhood teacher assessments of personality to adult self- and observer-reports. Stabilities based on self-ratings in adulthood were compared to those measured by the Structured Interview for the Five-Factor Model (SIFFM; Trull & Widiger, 1997), and trait ratings completed by interviewers. Although convergence between self-reports and observer-ratings was modest, childhood traits demonstrated similar levels of stability across methods in adulthood. Extraversion and Conscientiousness generally showed higher stabilities, whereas Neuroticism showed none. For Agreeableness and Intellect/Openness, stability was highest when assessed with observer-ratings. These findings are discussed in terms of differences in trait evaluativeness and observability across measurement methods.
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Authors
Grant W. Edmonds, Lewis R. Goldberg, Sarah E. Hampson, Maureen Barckley,