Do stimulation and support in the early childhood home environment and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality?
adult personality
childhood experiences
friendship in adolescence
home environment
longitudinal study
Journal
Current issues in personality psychology
ISSN: 2353-561X
Titre abrégé: Curr Issues Personal Psychol
Pays: Poland
ID NLM: 101694413
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
27
06
2022
revised:
19
09
2022
accepted:
21
11
2022
medline:
28
11
2023
pubmed:
28
11
2023
entrez:
28
11
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The aim of this study was to determine whether stimulation and support in early childhood and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality. We used data from 123 individuals from an ongoing longitudinal study, with multiple assessment phases and modalities (observation, parental rating, self-report) to investigate prospective associations between stimulation and support in the home in early childhood (age 1-2), best friendship quality in adolescence (age 15), and the Big Five personality traits in adulthood (age 29) controlling for temperament, socioeconomic status (SES), and gender. After controlling for temperament, SES, and gender, we found that early childhood stimulation and support was related to adult openness to experiences, but not the other four traits, and that best friendship quality in adolescence was related to adult extraversion and agreeableness, but not conscientiousness, neuroticism, or openness to experiences. The study contributes to research indicating that while personalities are relatively stable, they are not fixed at an early age and may be related to experiences and salient relationships throughout development. There is a dearth of research investigating such associations and the available findings are inconsistent. Conclusions about the relations between experiences such as stimulation and support in the home in early childhood or best friendship quality in adolescence and adult personality should thus be viewed skeptically until replicated.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The aim of this study was to determine whether stimulation and support in early childhood and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality.
PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURE
METHODS
We used data from 123 individuals from an ongoing longitudinal study, with multiple assessment phases and modalities (observation, parental rating, self-report) to investigate prospective associations between stimulation and support in the home in early childhood (age 1-2), best friendship quality in adolescence (age 15), and the Big Five personality traits in adulthood (age 29) controlling for temperament, socioeconomic status (SES), and gender.
RESULTS
RESULTS
After controlling for temperament, SES, and gender, we found that early childhood stimulation and support was related to adult openness to experiences, but not the other four traits, and that best friendship quality in adolescence was related to adult extraversion and agreeableness, but not conscientiousness, neuroticism, or openness to experiences.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The study contributes to research indicating that while personalities are relatively stable, they are not fixed at an early age and may be related to experiences and salient relationships throughout development. There is a dearth of research investigating such associations and the available findings are inconsistent. Conclusions about the relations between experiences such as stimulation and support in the home in early childhood or best friendship quality in adolescence and adult personality should thus be viewed skeptically until replicated.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38013936
doi: 10.5114/cipp/156764
pii: 156764
pmc: PMC10535550
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
87-97Informations de copyright
Copyright © Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk.
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