Temperament and adjustment in young adulthood: a 15-year longitudinal analysis.
The relationship between easy/difficult temperament and adjustment from middle adolescence to young adulthood was examined. Cluster analysis revealed four groups of individuals via composite temperament scores over three points of measurement. Multivariate analyses indicated that extremely difficult temperament was associated with poorer psychosocial functioning in childhood and young adulthood.
Tubman
J G
JG
Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, N.Y.
Lerner
R M
RM
Lerner
J V
JV
von Eye
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D013694:Temperament