Personality Development and Problem Behavior in Russian Children and Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Slobodskaya, Helena R.; Akhmetova, Olga A.
Titel	Personality Development and Problem Behavior in Russian Children and Adolescents
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34 (2010) 5, S.441-451 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025409352825
Schlagwörter	Family Characteristics; Adolescents; Age Differences; Personality Development; Child Development; Behavior Problems; At Risk Persons; Personality Traits; Gender Differences; Family Influence; Parenting Styles; Socioeconomic Influences; Family Relationship; Children; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Personalilty development; Persönlichkeitsbildung; Persönlichkeitsentwicklung; Kindesentwicklung; Risikogruppe; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Child; Kind; Kinder; Russland
Abstract	The aim of this study was to explore child and adolescent personality in the Russian culture, addressing gender and age differences, and to examine personality and family effects on children's Internalizing and Externalizing problems. Parents of 1,640 Russian children aged 3-18 years completed the Inventory of Child Individual Differences measuring personality, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire measuring problem behavior, and reported about family background. Girls scored higher than boys on the Conscientiousness domain and on the Intelligent and Considerate scales, but lower on Activity. In younger children, Extraversion was higher; in older children, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Shyness were higher; Distractibility was highest in early adolescence. The gender and age differences were small. Personality explained about 30% of variance in children's Internalizing problems, and 50% in Externalizing problems; family factors contributed less than 4%. Internalizing Problems were linked to higher Neuroticism and lower Extraversion; Externalizing Problems were linked to higher Extraversion, lower Conscientiousness and Agreeableness. For both types of problems, harsh parenting was a risk factor, while SES and family cohesion were associated with lower problem levels. Models linking personality with children's problem behavior were similar in preschool, middle childhood, early and late adolescence. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10