Do as you`re told! Facets of agreeableness and early adult outcomes for inner-city boys

• Autores: Margaret L. Kern, Angela L. Duckworth, Sergio S. Urzúa, Rolf Loeber, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, Donald R. Lynam
• Localización: Journal of Research in Personality, ISSN-e 1095-7251, Vol. 47, Nº. 6, 2013, págs. 795-799
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • With data from the middle cohort of the Pittsburgh Youth Study, a prospective longitudinal study of inner-city boys, we examined whether Big Five agreeableness facets could be reliably recovered in this sample, and whether facets predicted educational, occupational, social, and antisocial life outcomes assessed a decade later. Caregivers described their adolescent boys� personalities using the Common California Q-Set; twelve years later, participants were interviewed and court records were obtained. Factor analyses recovered two facets: compliance and compassion. Compliance predicted more schooling and lower risk of unemployment, teenage fatherhood, and crime; compassion related to longer committed relationships. Findings highlight the value of studying personality at the facet level.