Five types of personality continuity in childhood and adolescence.

F. de Fruyt; M. Bartels; K.G. van Leeuwen; B. de Clercq; M. Decuyper; I. Mervielde

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.91.3.538

Five types of personality continuity in childhood and adolescence.

F. de Fruyt, M. Bartels, K.G. van Leeuwen, B. de Clercq, M. Decuyper, I. Mervielde

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This study examines 5 types of personality continuity - structural, mean-level, individual-level, differential, and ipsative - in a representative population (N=498) and a twin and sibling sample (N=548) of children and adolescents. Parents described their children on 2 successive occasions with a 36-month interval using the Hierarchical Personality Inventory for Children (I. Mervielde & F. De Fruyt, 1999). There was evidence for structural continuity in the 2 samples, and personality was shown to be largely differentially stable. A large percentage had a stable trait profile indicative of ipsative stability, and mean-level personality changes were generally small in magnitude. Continuity findings were explained mainly by genetic and nonshared environmental factors. Copyright 2006 by the American Psychological Association.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	538-552
Journal	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Volume	91
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.91.3.538
Publication status	Published - 2006

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