Moral Emotion Attributions and Personality Traits as Long-Term Predictors of Antisocial Conduct in Early Adulthood: Findings from a 20-Year Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Krettenauer, Tobias; Asendorpf, Jens B.; Nunner-Winkler, Gertrud
Titel	Moral Emotion Attributions and Personality Traits as Long-Term Predictors of Antisocial Conduct in Early Adulthood: Findings from a 20-Year Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37 (2013) 3, S.192-201 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025412472409
Schlagwörter	Moral Values; Emotional Response; Children; Adolescents; Antisocial Behavior; Young Adults; Personality Traits; Predictor Variables; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; Intelligence Quotient; Aggression; Correlation; Structural Equation Models; West Germany; Columbia Mental Maturity Scale; California Child Q Set; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Emotionales Verhalten; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Prädiktor; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Intelligenzquotient; Korrelation
Abstract	The study investigated long-term relations between moral emotion attributions in childhood and adolescence and antisocial conduct in early adulthood while taking into account potentially confounding personality factors. Specifically, onset of prediction, unique and indirect effects of moral emotion attributions were examined. In a longitudinal study of 143 children (67 females), measures of moral emotion attributions, conscientiousness and agreeableness were obtained at the ages of 4-7, 11-12, 18 and 23 years. Antisocial conduct was assessed at the age of 23 years. Moral emotion attributions predicted antisocial behavior not before late adolescence. This effect was independent of conscientiousness and agreeableness. Moreover, moral emotion attributions indirectly contributed to the prediction of antisocial conduct by predicting change in conscientiousness. Overall, findings suggest that the emotions adolescents anticipate in the context of (im)moral actions contribute to development of antisocial conduct independently of personality traits. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10