Do stimulation and support in the early childhood home environment and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality?
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 We used data from 123 individuals from an ongoing longitudinal study, with multiple assessment phases...
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| author | Maria Wängqvist Mathias Allemand Ann Frisén Michael E. Lamb C. Philip Hwang |
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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
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
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
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 investi-gating 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 personal-ity should thus be viewed skeptically until replicated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96710c0883764ec589170f763655e5202023-09-05T11:48:56ZengTermedia Publishing HouseCurrent Issues in Personality Psychology2353-41922353-561X2023-01-01112879710.5114/cipp/156764156764Do stimulation and support in the early childhood home environment and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality?Maria Wängqvist0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9792-2519Mathias Allemand1Ann Frisén2Michael E. Lamb3C. Philip Hwang4Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Psychology & URPP Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of Zürich, Zürich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenBackground 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 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 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 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 investi-gating 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 personal-ity should thus be viewed skeptically until replicated.https://cipp.ug.edu.pl/Do-stimulation-and-support-in-the-early-childhood-home-environment-and-best-friendship,156764,0,2.htmlchildhood experienceshome environmentfriendship in adolescenceadult personalitylongitudinal study |
| spellingShingle | Maria Wängqvist Mathias Allemand Ann Frisén Michael E. Lamb C. Philip Hwang Do stimulation and support in the early childhood home environment and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality? Current Issues in Personality Psychology childhood experiences home environment friendship in adolescence adult personality longitudinal study |
| title | Do stimulation and support in the early childhood home environment and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality? |
| title_full | Do stimulation and support in the early childhood home environment and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality? |
| title_fullStr | Do stimulation and support in the early childhood home environment and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do stimulation and support in the early childhood home environment and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality? |
| title_short | Do stimulation and support in the early childhood home environment and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality? |
| title_sort | do stimulation and support in the early childhood home environment and best friendship quality in adolescence predict adult personality |
| topic | childhood experiences home environment friendship in adolescence adult personality longitudinal study |
| url | https://cipp.ug.edu.pl/Do-stimulation-and-support-in-the-early-childhood-home-environment-and-best-friendship,156764,0,2.html |
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