Parental Descriptions of Child Personality: Developmental Antecedents of the Big Five?

By: Geldolph A. Kohnstamm and Charles F. Halverson and Jr. and Ivan Mervielde and Valerie L. Havill

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Synopsis: This book reports the first attempt in the child development literature to examine the structure of early personality based on parents' free-descriptions of their children. It is an important piece of research because of its cross-national focus on personality development. The authors present a data set that reveals considerable consistency in the parental descriptions of child personality in both western and nonwestern countries. This consistency supports the cultural universality of the "Big Five" personality factors. The authors' findings lay the foundation for an examination of how these major dimensions of childhood personality structure evolve into adult personality structure.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781135690007
Related ISBNs:: 9781410601223, 9781138002630, 9781138002630, 9780805823011, 9780805823011
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 06/09/20
Copyrighted By:: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Psychology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Gedolph A. Kohnstamm
Edited by:: Charles F. Halverson, Jr.
Edited by:: Ivan Mervielde
Edited by:: Valerie L. Havill
Edited by:: Charles F. Halverson