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Xinyin Chen; Jiaxi Zhou; Dan Li; Junsheng Liu; Liying Cui – Developmental Psychology, 2024
This study examined relations of affinity for solitude with social-behavioral, academic, and psychological adjustment in Chinese children and adolescents. The participants included 3,417 students (1,714 boys) in fourth, sixth, and eighth grades (M[subscript ages] = 10, 12, and 14 years, respectively) in China. Data on affinity for solitude were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Preferences
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Lucas, Richard E.; Donnellan, M. Brent – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Cross-sectional age differences in the Big Five personality traits were examined in a nationally representative sample of Australians (N = 12,618; age range = 15-84). Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Openness were negatively associated with age, whereas Agreeableness and Conscientiousness were positively associated with age. Effect sizes comparing…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Family Income
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Castelli, Luigi; Zogmaister, Cristina; Tomelleri, Silvia – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Previous literature based on self-report measures has not found a clear relationship between the ethnic attitudes of White parents and those of their children. In particular, no study has evidenced such a relationship in the case of preschool children. In the present study, the authors measured parents' implicit and explicit racial attitudes as…
Descriptors: Racial Attitudes, Preschool Children, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics
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Chipuer, H. M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Assessed the family environment and personality of 400 pairs of 59-year-old twins. Genetic influences on extraversion and neuroticism were related to genetic influences on the family environment factors of relationship and personal growth but not to the factor of system maintenance. (BC)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Extraversion Introversion, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
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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