Unique predictive power of other-rated personality: An 18-year longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:What is gained by having others report on one's personality? Research on adult samples has suggested that informant reports are especially informative regarding traits that are highly visible and evaluative (i.e., socially desirable/undesirable instead of neutral), such as Openness, Conscientiousness, and Agreeableness. This 18-year longitudinal study aims to demonstrate the unique predictive power of other-rated personality in adolescence, using life outcomes and personality in adulthood as trait criteria. METHOD:We examined the unique predictive power of self- and other-rated Big Five personality traits at age 12 and 17 on self-rated life outcomes and personality at age 29 (e.g., educational achievement, work income, depression, moral transgressions, and relationship satisfacti

SUBMITTER: Luan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7379997 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature