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Steinberg, Laurence – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Data for this study of 108 young adults from the New York Longitudinal Study include measures of temperament derived from two sources: interviews conducted with subjects' mothers when the children were 3 and 4 years of age and measures of Type A behavior derived from interviews with the subjects during young adulthood. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Interviews, Personality Development, Personality Studies
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Hetherington, E. Mavis – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Study suggests that the effects of father absence on daughters appear during adolescence and are manifested mainly as an inability to interact appropriately with males, rather than in other deviations from appropriate sex typing or in interactions with females. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Fatherless Family, Females, Interviews
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Woodruff, Diana S.; Birren, James E. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Authors suggest that separating the effects of age changes and cohort differences in personality can add new dimensions to the existing body of developmental literature on personality. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, Literature Reviews
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McCrae, Robert R.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Administered translations of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory to adults in Germany, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, and South Korea. Found declines in neuroticism, extraversion and openness, and increases in agreeableness and conscientiousness age for both men and women. Results support hypothesis that age differences reflect universal maturational…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences