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Lamb, Michael E.; Chuang, Susan S.; Wessels, Holger; Broberg, Anders G.; Hwang, Carl Philip – Child Development, 2002
This longitudinal study investigated the validity of the Five Factor Model of personality with Swedish children ages 2 to 15 years. Findings of item analyses showed consistently reliable irritability, conscientiousness, and positive activity factors, while internal reliability of other factors increased over time. Found that irritability and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
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Erdley, Cynthia A.; Dweck, Carol S. – Child Development, 1993
Fourth and fifth graders viewed a slide show that depicted a boy displaying negative behaviors and that had a negative consistent or a positive inconsistent ending. Children who believed that personality is fixed, but not children who believed personality is malleable, did not differ in their ratings of the boy in the consistent- and…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Personality, Personality Assessment