Parental Descriptions of Child Personality: Developmental Antecedents of the Big Five? (Lea Series in Personality and Clinical Psychology)

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. Analyzing Parental Free Descriptions Of Child Personality / Geldolph A. Kohnstamm [and Others] -- Extraversion / Eric Elphick, Charles F. Halverson, Jr., And Magdalena Marzal-wisniewska -- Agreeableness As A Diachronic Human Trait / Valerie L. Havill, Elias Besevegis, And Sophia Mouroussaki -- Developmental Integration Of Conscientiousness From Childhood To Adulthood / Geldolph A. Kohnstamm [and Others] -- Emotional Stability / Alois Angleitner [and Others] -- Linking Openness And Intellect In Childhood And Adulthood / Ivan Mervielde, Filip De Fruyt, And Slawomir Jarmuz -- Developmental Changes In Personality Descriptions Of Children / Anne-marie Slotboom [and Others] -- Parental Personality Descriptions Of Boys And Girls / Filip De Fruyt, Alain Van Hiel, And Veerle Buyst -- How African-american Parents Describe Their Children / James B. Victor [and Others] -- Validity Of Results Obtained By Analyzing Free Personality Descriptions / Ivan Mervielde. Edited By Geldolph A. Kohnstamm ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. "This volume reports on an unprecedented international collaboration of researchers studying the development of personality via reports from parents. Its methods and findings will be of interest to personality, clinical, and developmental psychologists"--Publisher description