title: Personality Stability from Childhood to Midlife: Relating Teachers' Assessments in Elementary School to Observer- and Self-Ratings 40 Years Later.
abstract: We report on the longitudinal stability of personality traits across an average 40 years in the Hawaii Personality and Health Cohort relating childhood teacher assessments of personality to adult self- and observer- reports. Stabilities based on self-ratings in adulthood were compared to those measured by the Structured Interview for the Five-Factor Model (SIFFM; Trull & Widiger, 1997), and trait ratings completed by interviewers. Although convergence between self-reports and observer-ratings was modest, childhood traits demonstrated similar levels of stability across methods in adulthood. Extraversion and Conscientiousness generally showed higher stabilities, whereas Neuroticism showed none. For Agreeableness and Intellect/Openness, stability was highest when assessed with observer-ratings. These findings are discussed in terms of differences in trait evaluativeness and observability across measurement methods.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon.
authors.forename: Grant W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Edmonds
authors.forename: Lewis R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hampson
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barckley
keywords: Big Five; Self-Other; judgment accuracy; person perception; personality stability
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