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Children's Behavioral Styles at 
Age 3 Are Linked to Their 
Adult Personality Traits at Age 26

Children's Behavioral Styles at 
Age 3 Are Linked to Their 
Adult Personality Traits at Age 26 We observed 1,000 3‐year‐old children who exhibited five temperament types: Undercontrolled, Inhibited, Confident, Reserved, and Well‐adjusted. Twenty‐three years later, we reexamined 96% of the children as adults, using multiple methods of comprehensive personality assessment, including both self‐ and informant‐reports. These longitudinal data provide the longest and strongest evidence to date that children's early‐emerging behavioral styles can foretell their characteristic behaviors, thoughts, and feelings as adults, pointing to the foundations of the human personality in the early years of life. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Personality Wiley

Children's Behavioral Styles at 
Age 3 Are Linked to Their 
Adult Personality Traits at Age 26

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2003 Wiley Subscription Services
ISSN
0022-3506
eISSN
1467-6494
DOI
10.1111/1467-6494.7104001
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Abstract

We observed 1,000 3‐year‐old children who exhibited five temperament types: Undercontrolled, Inhibited, Confident, Reserved, and Well‐adjusted. Twenty‐three years later, we reexamined 96% of the children as adults, using multiple methods of comprehensive personality assessment, including both self‐ and informant‐reports. These longitudinal data provide the longest and strongest evidence to date that children's early‐emerging behavioral styles can foretell their characteristic behaviors, thoughts, and feelings as adults, pointing to the foundations of the human personality in the early years of life.

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Journal of PersonalityWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2003

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