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ArticleJournal of personality2018

A New Twist on Old Questions: A Life Span Approach to the Trait Concept.

Sarah E Hampson, Grant W Edmonds

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Article in Journal of personality, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah E HampsonOregon Research Institute.
Grant W EdmondsOregon Research Institute.
Oregon Research Institute · US

Funding

Personality and Health--A Longtitudinal StudyR01AG020048 · NIA · OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI EDMONDS, GRANT · 2002 to 2021
$16.5M
Telomere Length as an Outcome in Lifespan Models of Personality and HealthR21AG045015 · NIA · OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI EDMONDS, GRANT, HAMPSON, SARAH E · 2013 to 2014
$428k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG020048NIA NIH HHS R21 AG045015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe examine three cardinal concerns in personality psychology from a life span perspective: trait structure, trait stability, and trait mechanisms that account for the predictive utility of traits. We draw on previously published and new findings from the Hawaii Longitudinal Study of Personality and Health, as well as work by others.

methodThe Hawaii study provides a unique opportunity to relate a comprehensive assessment of participants' childhood personality traits (over 2,000 children, mean age 10 years) to their adult personality traits and other self-report outcomes in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, and their clinically assessed health at mean age 51.

resultsOur analyses have demonstrated that the Big Five can be used to describe childhood personality in this cohort. The stability of the Big Five from childhood teacher assessments to adult self- or observer reports is modest and varies from Big Five trait to trait. Personality mechanisms of life span health behavior and life span trauma experience explain some of the influence of childhood Conscientiousness on adult health outcomes.

conclusionsA life span approach highlights the dynamic nature of traits and their long-term predictive utility, and it offers numerous directions for future research.

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Personality DevelopmentPsychological TheoryAdultAgedChildFemaleHawaiiHumansLongevityLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPersonalityPersonality AssessmentHawaii Longitudinal Study of Personality and Healthtrait mechanismstrait stabilitytrait structuretrait theory

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PMID28170097
PMCPMC5547020
OpenAlexW2586218635

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