The developmental psychometrics of big five self-reports: acquiescence, factor structure, coherence, and differentiation from ages 10 to 20.
The developmental psychometrics of big five self-reports: acquiescence, factor structure, coherence, and differentiation from ages 10 to 20.
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.94.4.718
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发表时间：
2008-04
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
C. Soto;O. John;S. Gosling;J. Potter
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作者：
C. Soto;O. John;S. Gosling;J. Potter
青少年的性格报告与成年人有何不同？为了确定从儿童晚期（10 岁）到成年早期（20 岁）的逐年发展趋势时间，作者检查了来自大量多样化互联网样本的“五巨头”自我报告数据。在这个范围内的较年轻的年龄，默认反应存在很大的个体差异，并且默认变异对心理测量特征有显着影响。除了默许的影响之外，随着年龄的增长，自我报告通常在领域内变得更加连贯，并且在不同领域之间更好地区分。但重要的是，不同的“五巨头”领域表现出不同的发展趋势。外向性的人在一致性方面表现出特别明显的年龄增长，但在分化方面却没有增长。相比之下，宜人性和尽责性在差异化方面表现出较大的年龄增长，但在一致性方面仅略有增长。神经质和开放性在连贯性和区分性方面都表现出适度的进步。相对容易和难以理解的项目的比较表明，这些模式不仅仅是由于语言理解造成的。这些发现对于研究儿童和青少年时期的人格特征和其他心理属性具有重要意义。
How do youths' personality reports differ from those of adults? To identify the year-by-year timing of developmental trends from late childhood (age 10) to early adulthood (age 20), the authors examined Big Five self-report data from a large and diverse Internet sample. At younger ages within this range, there were large individual differences in acquiescent responding, and acquiescence variability had pronounced effects on psychometric characteristics. Beyond the effects of acquiescence, self-reports generally became more coherent within domains, and better differentiated across domains, at older ages. Importantly, however, different Big Five domains showed different developmental trends. Extraversion showed especially pronounced age gains in coherence but no gains in differentiation. In contrast, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness showed large age gains in differentiation but only trivial gains in coherence. Neuroticism and Openness showed moderate gains in both coherence and differentiation. Comparisons of items that were relatively easy versus difficult to comprehend indicated that these patterns were not simply due to verbal comprehension. These findings have important implications for the study of personality characteristics and other psychological attributes in childhood and adolescence.