Personality traits in adolescence as predictors of religiousness in early adulthood: findings from the Terman Longitudinal Study.

Running head: PERSONALITY TRAITS AND RELIGIOUSNESS

We examined the associations of the Big Five personality factors with religiousness in adulthood for a 19-year longitudinal sample of 492 adolescents aged 12 to 18. Among the Big Five, Conscientiousness in adolescence was uniquely related to higher religiousness in early adulthood. For adolescents high in emotional stability, the link between strength of religious upbringing and religiousness i...

Personality Traits in Adolescence as Predictors of Religiousness in Early Adulthood: Findings from the

Continuity and change in psychopathic traits as measured via normal-range personality: a longitudinal-biometric study.

The discriminant validity of the interpersonal-affective and social deviance traits of psychopathy has been well documented. However, few studies have explored whether these traits follow distinct or comparable developmental paths. The present study used the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (A. Tellegen, in press) to examine the development of the psychopathic traits of Fearless Domin...

Stability, change, and heritability of borderline personality disorder traits from adolescence to adulthood: a longitudinal twin study.

Although personality disorders are best understood in the context of lifetime development, there is a paucity of work examining their longitudinal trajectory. An understanding of the expected course and the genetic and environmental contributions to these disorders is necessary for a detailed understanding of risk processes that lead to their manifestation. The current study examined the longit...

Alcohol use initiation is associated with changes in personality trait trajectories from early adolescence to young adulthood.

BACKGROUND Recent work has demonstrated the codevelopment of personality traits and alcohol use characteristics from early adolescence to young adulthood. Few studies, however, have tested whether alcohol use initiation impacts trajectories of personality over this time period. We examined the effect of alcohol use initiation on personality development from early adolescence to young adulthood....