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Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2009
Young children's relationships with teachers predict social and academic success. This study examines contributions of child temperament (shyness, effortful control) and gender to teacher-child relationship quality both directly and indirectly through the frequency of teacher-child interactions in the classroom. Using an NICHD SECCYD sample of 819…
Descriptors: Shyness, Personality, Grade 1, Teacher Student Relationship
Rentfrow, Peter Jason – American Psychologist, 2010
There is overwhelming evidence from research in the regional sciences that the attitudes, values, and behaviors of Americans are geographically clustered. Psychologists, however, have historically had little to say about regional differences. This article aims to redress that neglect. In so doing, I provide evidence that there are statewide…
Descriptors: Personality, Regional Characteristics, Differences, Social Indicators
Nauta, Margaret M. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2007
Career interests and self-efficacy (using J. L. Holland's realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional types for both) and the big five personality dimensions (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism) were used to predict college students' career exploration behaviors approximately 18…
Descriptors: Personality, College Students, Self Efficacy, Career Exploration

Pearson, Paul R.; And Others – Educational Studies, 1989
Reports a British study that explores relationship between social class and personality among 11-year-olds, using the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory-Short Form. Social class was determined by the father's occupation, and alternatively, by neighborhood. No correlation was found between father's occupation and any of the four personality…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Fathers, Foreign Countries, Middle Class
Ehrhart, Karen Holcombe; Makransky, Guido – Journal of Career Assessment, 2007
The fit between individuals and their work environments has received decades of theoretical and empirical attention. This study investigated two antecedents to individuals' perceptions of fit: vocational interests and personality. More specifically, the authors hypothesized that vocational interests assessed in terms of the Career Occupational…
Descriptors: Personality, Vocational Interests, Predictor Variables, Interest Inventories

Holden, Constance – Science, 1987
Reports on the findings of several studies into the genetic similarities of twins. Focuses on the relationships between personality and behavioral genetics and argues that genetic similarity seems to be a better predictor than environmental factors. Discusses psychopathology, cognitive abilities, and personality. (TW)
Descriptors: Biology, Genetics, Habit Formation, Heredity
Palus, Charles J.; And Others – 1991
The major contention of this paper is that the best way to understand an individual's identity is through the story (or stories) that person makes of his or her life. The research looks at the ways in which the performance of business executives is rooted in both: (1) an executive's unique identity as an individual; and (2) a component of…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Individual Psychology, Leadership, Leadership Qualities

Goldstein, Felicia G.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1986
Administered The Matching Familiar Figures Test to 45 seven- and eight-year-olds to assess the relationship between cognitive style and temperamental variables such as distractibility, persistence, and mood. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style
Allen, Bem P. – 1984
Historically pesonality has been predicated on behavioral consistency. To demonstrate the uniqueness of personality using three methods, 23 female college students initially recorded self-descriptive words at the end of each of 23 days. These words were then assigned favorability values from the Adjective Generation Technique norm list. First,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Definitions, Females

Goldsmith, H. Hill; And Others – Child Development, 1987
Four current approaches to understanding temperament are discussed. Theorists representing four postions--Goldsmith, Buss and Plomin, Rothbart, and Thomas and Chess--outline their views by reponding to six common questions. Commentaries highlighting differences and similarities between the positions are offered by Hinde and McCall. (Author/BN)
Descriptors: Children, Definitions, Discussion, Fundamental Concepts
Agada, John – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1984
Reviews personality studies examining relationship between personality and choice of librarianship as profession and observes changes in theories and methods of measurement that have taken place over past 35 years. A brief overview of different approaches to understanding personality and summary of theories of vocational choice are presented. (72…
Descriptors: Career Choice, History, Learning Theories, Librarians

Hooker, Karen; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Temperament is examined from a longitudinal, within-individual perspective in order to investigate short-term change and patterns of temperament changes. For 100 consectutive days five mothers completed a temperament survey, reporting on their own and their two-year-old children's behavior. Patterns of change were identified for both mothers and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Factor Analysis, Longitudinal Studies

Miller, Alan – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1991
Outlines a new personality typology that provides a coherent system for construing and conducting research on learning styles. Discusses analytic, holistic, objective, and subjective styles as the affect versatility. Presents implications for educational goals, such as determining which students can benefit from stylistic versatility and which…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Crocetti, Elisabetta; Rubini, Monica; Meeus, Wim – Journal of Adolescence, 2008
The aim of this study was to develop a model of identity formation comprising three structural dimensions: commitment, in-depth exploration and reconsideration of commitment. A new tool, the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale, was designed to assess these processes. Early and middle adolescents (N = 1952) participated in this study.…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Adolescents, Ethnicity, Measures (Individuals)

Campos, Joseph J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Makes explicit a reconceptualization of the nature of emotion that over the past decade has fostered the study of emotion regulation. Documents the stability of two emotional dispositions: irritability and inhibition. (RH)
Descriptors: Definitions, Emotional Experience, Personality