Personality and development in childhood : a person-centered approach
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Personality and development in childhood : a person-centered approach
（Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, serial no. 272 = v. 68,
Blackwell, 2003
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References: p. 103-108
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Description
This Monograph addresses three questions: 1) How can we best describe childhood personality? 2) How is personality related to the child's successes and failures? 3) What sort of factors are related to personality development?
Uses a longitudinal analyses of thousands of children from across the United States to define the three personality types that best describe personality: resilient, over-controlled, and under-controlled.
Studies the relationship between personality type and children's successes and failures
Explores how the stresses characteristic of poverty affect children's personality development
Table of Contents
Part I: Contents:. 1. Introduction.
2. Personality Types of 6-year-olds and their Associations with Academic Achievement and Behavior.
3. Replication with 5-year-olds and their Associations with Achievement and Behavior.
4. Personality Types and Academic Achievement.
5. Stability and Change in Personality Types.
6. Personality Types as a Moderator of the Association of Head Start Participation to Developmental Outcome.
7. Summary of Findings and General Discussion.
8. Appendix A: Correlations among Vectors of Factor Scores for Seven Random Samples of 6-year-olds.
9. Appendix B: Correlations among Vectors of Factor Scores for Seven Random Samples of 5-year-olds.
Part II: Commentary:.
10. Setting an Agenda for a Person-Centered Approach to Personality Development: Richards W. Robins (University of California, Davis), Jessica L. Tracy (University of California, Davis)
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