Childhood temperament and adulthood personality differentially predict life outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Debate has long surrounded whether temperament and personality are distinct sets of individual differences or are rather two sides of the same coin. To the extent that there are differences, it could indicate important developmental insights concerning the mechanisms responsible for linking traits with outcomes. One way to test this is to examine the joint and incremental predictive validity of temperament and personality in the same individuals across time. Using a longitudinal sample spanning 3 decades starting at infancy and followed up to 37 years old (N = 7081), we ran a series of Bayesian generalized linear models with measures of childhood temperament and adult-based personality to predict outcomes in several life domains. Results indicated that while each set of individual differen

SUBMITTER: Wright AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9206675 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature