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Jonathan Arthur Schmidt; Gisa Aschersleben; Anne Henning – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2025
In this longitudinal study, we investigated the factor structure and stability of early-life temperament in a German sample, using three measures developed within Rothbart's psychobiological approach. Temperament was measured using the Infant Behavior Questionnaire Revised (IBQ-R) at the ages of 6 and 12 months, the Early Childhood Behavior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality, Personality Measures, Infants
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Flensborg-Madsen, Trine; Wimmelmann, Cathrine Lawaetz; Mortensen, Erik Lykke – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
Background: Although plausible links between language development and personality have been suggested, longitudinal studies of these associations into adulthood have not been conducted. Aim: To investigate whether children's age at attaining language milestones is associated with later adult personality. Methods: Mothers' of 8,400 children from…
Descriptors: Correlation, Personality Traits, Personality Measures, Language Acquisition
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Anni Tamm; Pirko Tõugu; Tiia Tulviste – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
The study aimed to find out which differences and similarities emerge in the self-concepts of early and late adolescents and young, middle-aged, and older adults. A total of 822 participants, including 530 adolescents aged 9-19 (over 50% were girls) and 292 adults aged 20-71 (over 80% were women), from Estonia provided their spontaneous…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Age Differences, Early Adolescents, Late Adolescents
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Clear, Sarah J.; Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J.; Duffy, Amanda L.; Barber, Bonnie L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
Drawing from dispositional mindfulness research and stress and coping theories, we tested whether adolescents' dispositional mindfulness was associated with perceptions of peer victimization and exclusion and internalizing symptoms. We further explored the role of dispositional mindfulness as a protective factor buffering the impact of peer…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Metacognition, Bullying, Adolescents
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Desmarais, Eric E.; French, Brian F.; Ahmetoglu, Emine; Acar, Ibrahim; Gonzalez-Salinas, Carmen; Kozlova, Elena; Slobodskaya, Helena; Benga, Oana; Majdandžic, Mirjana; Beijers, Roseriet; de Weerth, Carolina; Huitron, Blanca; Lee, Eun Gyoung; Han, Sae-Young; Park, Seong-Yeon; Giusti, Lorenzo; Montirosso, Rosario; Tuovinen, Soile; Heinonen, Kati; Raikkonen, Katri; Wang, Zhengyan; Lecannelier, Felipe; Linhares, Maria Beatriz Martins; Casalin, Sara; Putnam, Samuel P.; Gartstein, Maria A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
This study advances the cross-cultural temperament literature by comparing temperament ratings of toddlers from 14 nations. Multilevel modeling (MLM) procedures were utilized to regress negative emotionality (NE) and component subscales on Hofstede's cultural value dimensions while controlling for age and gender. More individualistic values were…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Personality Traits, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Response
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Barbot, Baptiste; Safont-Mottay, Claire; Oubrayrie-Roussel, Nathalie – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
The EMES-16 is a very short multidimensional measure of domain-specific Self-Esteem designed for French-speaking adolescents. This study presents a psychometric evaluation of this measure among 2603 adolescents with a focus on its factor structure tested in CFA for alternative, theoretically grounded models. Results revealed the superiority of a…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Self Concept Measures, French, Psychometrics
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Slobodskaya, Helena R.; Kuznetsova, Valeriya B. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
The study examined the contribution of reinforcement sensitivity to childhood personality at three levels of the hierarchical structure, mid-level traits, the Big Five and two higher-order factors, and the moderating role of sex and age in a sample of 3-18-year-olds. The canonical correlation analyses indicated that reinforcement sensitivity and…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Personality, Child Development, Personality Traits
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Kavcic, Tina; Podlesek, Anja; Zupancic, Maja – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2012
This study explored children, preschool, and family characteristics that contribute to individual differences in the developmental trajectories of social competence and internalizing and externalizing behavior. Teachers reported on personality and social adjustment of 304 children at ages 3, 4, 5, and 6 years. Predictors of social adjustment…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Parenting Styles, Personality, Social Adjustment
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Rochette, Émilie; Bernier, Annie – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
A growing body of theoretical and empirical work has been attempting to answer the questions of how and how much of the effects of children's early experience may depend on their inner characteristics. Theory and evidence suggest that some children, notably those with difficult temperaments, are more susceptible to both negative and positive…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Child Rearing, Preschool Children, Individual Characteristics
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Kopala-Sibley, Daniel C.; Zuroff, David C.; Hermanto, Nicola; Joyal-Desmarais, Keven – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
According to Blatt (2004; Blatt & Luyten, 2009) and others (e.g., Beck, Epstein, Harrison, & Emery, 1983), establishing positive self-definition and mature relatedness to others represent core lifespan developmental tasks. In a sample of emerging adults, this study examined the effects of the quality of one close friendship and changes in…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Young Adults, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Parade, Stephanie H.; Dickstein, Susan; Schiller, Masha; Hayden, Lisa; Seifer, Ronald – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
The current study examined the stability of temperament over time. Observers and mothers rated child behavior at eight timepoints across three assessment waves (8, 15, and 30 months of age). Internal consistency reliability of aggregates of the eight observer reports and eight mother reports were high. When considering single timepoint…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Infants, Toddlers, Age Differences
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Kornadt, Anna E.; Rothermund, Klaus – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
We investigated preparation for age-related changes from a multidimensional, life span perspective and administered a newly developed questionnaire to a large sample aged 30-80 years. Preparing for age-related changes was organized by life domains, with domain-specific types of preparation addressing obstacles and opportunities in the respective…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Older Adults, Questionnaires, Physical Fitness
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Liu, Junsheng; Chen, Xinyin; Zhou, Ying; Li, Dan; Fu, Rui; Coplan, Robert J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2017
This study examined how shyness-sensitivity and unsociability were associated with social, school, and psychological adjustment in Chinese children and adolescents. Participants included 564 children (272 boys, M[subscript age] = 9 years) and 462 adolescents (246 boys, M[subscript age] = 13 years) in a suburban region in China. Data were obtained…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Social Development, Student Adjustment
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Slobodskaya, Helena R.; Akhmetova, Olga A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
The aim of this study was to explore child and adolescent personality in the Russian culture, addressing gender and age differences, and to examine personality and family effects on children's Internalizing and Externalizing problems. Parents of 1,640 Russian children aged 3-18 years completed the Inventory of Child Individual Differences…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Adolescents, Age Differences, Personality Development
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Morack, Jennifer; Infurna, Frank J.; Ram, Nilam; Gerstorf, Denis – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
Subjective health is known to predict later outcomes, including survival. However, less is known about subjective health changes across adulthood, how personality moderates those changes, and whether such associations differ with age. We applied growth models to 10 waves of data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Mental Health, Prediction, Age Differences
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