Parental descriptions of child personality : developmental antecedents of the big five? / edited by Geldolph A. Kohnstamm ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kohnstamm, Geldolph A., 1937-

Series:

LEA series in personality and clinical psychology.

The LEA series in personality and clinical psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality in children.

Temperament in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Erlbaum, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 person

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Analyzing Parental Free Descriptions of Child Personality; 2 Extraversion: Toward a Unifying Description From Infancy to Adulthood; 3 Agreeableness as a Diachronic Human Trait; 4 A Developmental Integration of Conscientiousness From Childhood to Adulthood; 5 Emotional Stability: Developmental Perspectives From Childhood to Adulthood; 6 Linking Openness and Intellect in Childhood and Adulthood; 7 Developmental Changes in Personality Descriptions of Children: A Cross-National Comparison of Parental Descriptions of Children

8 Parental Personality Descriptions of Boys and Girls9 How African American Parents Describe Their Children; 10 Validity of Results Obtained by Analyzing Free Personality Descriptions; Appendix: Composition of the Seven Samples; Author Index; Subject Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-135-69001-4

9786612325649

1-4106-0122-6

1-282-32564-7

0-585-25778-7

9781410601223

OCLC:

476265301