title: Hostile, aggressive family conflict trajectories during the transition to adulthood: associations with adolescent Big Five and emerging adulthood adjustment problems.
abstract: The goal of this longitudinal study was to investigate the relation of adolescents' Big Five factor (BFF) personality to the development of different patterns of mother-adolescent hostile, aggressive conflict (MHAC) from late adolescence to young adulthood. Furthermore, we examined the prediction of Antisocial Problems (AP) and Depressive Problems (DP) in emerging adulthood from BFF and MHAC trajectories. 385 adolescents participated in this study (age 15-16 at Time 1 and 21-22 at Time 4). Using latent growth curve analysis, Low stable (69.1%), Medium Increasing, (23.3%), and High decreasing (7.6%) trajectories were distinguished. Low adolescents' emotional stability was directly related to AP and indirectly related to DP, throughout the mediation of both Medium Increasing and High Decreasing trajectories. Agreeableness was directly negatively related to DP and indirectly throughout the mediation of High Decreasing trajectory. Low Conscientiousness was indirectly related to DP, throughout the mediation of Medium Increasing trajectory. 385 adolescents participated in this study (age 15-16 at Time 1 and 21-22 at Time 4). Using latent growth curve analysis, Low stable (69.1%), Medium Increasing, (23.3%), and High decreasing (7.6%) trajectories were distinguished. Low adolescents' emotional stability was directly related to AP and indirectly related to DP, throughout the mediation of both Medium Increasing and High Decreasing trajectories. Agreeableness was directly negatively related to DP and indirectly throughout the mediation of High Decreasing trajectory. Low Conscientiousness was indirectly related to DP, throughout the mediation of Medium Increasing trajectory.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: valeria.castellani@uniroma1.it.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Castellani
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Concetta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pastorelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gerbino
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Giunta
authors.affiliation: Interuniversity Center for Research on Development of Prosocial and Antisocial Motivations, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Rosalba
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ceravolo
authors.affiliation: Interuniversity Center for Research on Development of Prosocial and Antisocial Motivations, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milioni
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011580:Psychological Techniques; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Antisocial problems; Big Five; Depressive problems; Emerging adulthood; Mother hostile aggressive conflict; Trajectories