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Schofield, Thomas J.; Conger, Rand D.; Donnellan, M. Brent; Jochem, Rachel; Widaman, Keith F.; Conger, Katherine J. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
We investigated the degree to which parent positive personality characteristics in terms of conscientiousness, agreeableness, and emotional stability predict similar adolescent personality traits over time, as well as the role played by positive parenting in this process. Mothers and fathers of 451 White adolescents (52% female, mean age = 13.59…
Descriptors: Evidence, Personality Traits, Parents, Personality
Lamb, Michael E., Ed.; Bornstein, Marc H., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This new text contains parts of Bornstein and Lamb's "Developmental Science, 6th edition", along with new introductory material, providing a cutting edge and comprehensive overview of social and personality development. Each of the world-renowned contributors masterfully introduces the history and systems, methodologies, and measurement and…
Descriptors: Personality Development, Discussion, Parent Role, Personality
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Halpern, Leslie F.; Coll, Cynthia T. Garcia – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2000
Temperament development was studied in 39 full-term small-for-gestational-age infants and 30 full-term appropriate-for-gestational-age infants. Temperament was measured at 4, 8, and 12 months of age using a behavioral assessment procedure and questionnaire ratings. Findings indicated that restricted fetal growth negatively affects infant…
Descriptors: Attention, Birth Weight, Emotional Development, Individual Differences
Brodkin, Adele M. – Scholastic Early Childhood Today, 1997
Notes both teacher's and parents' concerns over placing twin boys in the same early childhood classroom. Offers suggestions for teachers and parents to foster each child's independence and character traits without the trauma of placing them in separate environments. (HTH)
Descriptors: Individual Development, Parent Role, Personal Autonomy, Personality
Furman, Wyndol; Lanthier, Richard P. – Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
This study examined the role personality variables play in sibling relationships. It proposed that the characteristics of sibling relationships are influenced by: family constellation variables such as birth order, gender, and age spacing; parent-child relationships including quality of relationship and parent management of siblings; and the…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Emotional Development, Family Life, First Born