Developmental Implications of Openness to Experience in Preschool Children: Gender Differences in Young Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Gjerde, Per F.; Cardilla, Kim
Titel	Developmental Implications of Openness to Experience in Preschool Children: Gender Differences in Young Adulthood
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 45 (2009) 5, S.1455-1464 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0016714
Schlagwörter	Late Adolescents; Preschool Children; Young Adults; Gender Differences; Child Development; Longitudinal Studies; Measures (Individuals); Personality Traits; Correlation; Scores; Self Esteem; Developmental Stages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Halbstarker; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Geschlechterkonflikt; Kindesentwicklung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Messdaten; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Korrelation; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit
Abstract	This study examined the longitudinal implications in late adolescence and emerging adulthood of Openness to Experience measured in preschool in a sample of 102 participants who were followed from preschool through emerging adulthood (age 23). Although gender differences in mean Openness scores were not found, the postpubertal longitudinal correlations associated with preschool Openness differed markedly for the sexes. Preschool boys who received high Openness scores were consistently described, both by self and others, as resilient, competent, and self-assured in young adulthood. In contrast, female participants who received high Openness scores continued to be seen as open at ages 18 and 23 but were also viewed, both by self and others, as more psychologically vulnerable than were their male peers. The discussion focuses on transformations in female development and the different longitudinal implications of Openness to Experience in males and females. (Contains 2 tables and 5 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10