Temperament and personality: Origins and outcomes.
Abstract
This article reviews how a temperament approach emphasizing biological and developmental processes can integrate constructs from subdisciplines of psychology to further the study of personality. Basic measurement strategies and findings in the investigation of temperament in infancy and childhood are reviewed. These include linkage of temperament dimensions with basic affective-motivational and attentional systems, including positive affect/approach, fear, frustration/anger, and effortful control. Contributions of biological models that may support these processes are then reviewed. Research indicating how a temperament approach can lead researchers of social and personality development to investigate important person-environment interactions is also discussed. Lastly, adult research suggesting links between temperament dispositions and the Big Five personality factors is described.
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Mary Klevjord Rothbart, Stephan A. Ahadi, David E. Evans (2000). Temperament and personality: Origins and outcomes.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.78.1.122
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title = {Temperament and personality: Origins and outcomes.},
author = {Rothbart, Mary Klevjord and Ahadi, Stephan A. and Evans, David E.},
year = {2000},
journal = {Journal of Personality and Social Psychology},
doi = {10.1037//0022-3514.78.1.122}
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