Lansford Jennifer E, Yu Tianyi, Pettit Gregory S, Bates John E, Dodge Kenneth A
Duke University.
University of Georgia.
J Appl Dev Psychol. 2014 Mar;35(2):111-117. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2013.12.002.
This study examined trajectories of peer social preference during childhood and personality assessed in early adolescence in relation to trajectories of friendship quality during early adulthood. Participants ( = 585) were followed from age 5 to age 23. At ages 5 to 8, peers provided sociometric nominations; at age 12 participants reported their own personality characteristics; from age 19 to 23 participants rated their friendship quality. Latent growth modeling revealed that trajectories characterized by high levels of childhood peer social preference were related to trajectories characterized by high levels of early adulthood friendship quality. Early adolescent personality characterized by extraversion and conscientiousness predicted higher friendship quality at age 19, and conscientiousness predicted change in friendship quality from age 19 to 23. This study demonstrates that peer relationships show continuity from childhood to early adulthood and that qualities of core personality are linked to the development of adult friendships.
本研究考察了童年时期同伴社会偏好的轨迹以及青春期早期评估的人格与成年早期友谊质量轨迹之间的关系。585名参与者从5岁到23岁被跟踪随访。在5至8岁时，同伴提供社会测量提名；12岁时，参与者报告自己的人格特征；19至23岁时，参与者对自己的友谊质量进行评分。潜在增长模型显示，以高水平童年同伴社会偏好为特征的轨迹与以高水平成年早期友谊质量为特征的轨迹相关。以外向性和尽责性为特征的青春期早期人格预测了19岁时更高的友谊质量，尽责性预测了19至23岁间友谊质量的变化。本研究表明，同伴关系从童年到成年早期具有连续性，核心人格特质与成年期友谊的发展相关。
