Self-other personality agreement and internalizing problems in adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Achieving a clear self-view is a lifelong task that is particularly salient during adolescence. Theory and research suggest that close others' perceptions of individuals' personality may influence the formation and maintenance of coherent self-views. The degree to which adolescents develop a stable and coherent self-view, in turn, may have perennial influences on their mental health and well-being. This 1-year longitudinal study investigated the associations between the agreement of self- and other-rated Big Five personality traits and internalizing problems in adolescence.

Method

Participants were 570 Dutch adolescents (51% girls), their mothers, friends, and siblings. We examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between self-other personality agr

SUBMITTER: Luan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7318589 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature