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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | European Journal of Personality |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Pages (from-to) | 606-626 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISSN | 0890-2070 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Fields of Science
- development of personality
- peer environment
- sociometric status
- parallel continuities
- extraversion
- SOCIAL-STATUS
- RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION
- ADOLESCENT PERSONALITY
- SELF-RATINGS
- EXTROVERSION
- SIMILARITY
- TRAITS
- TRANSACTIONS
- POPULARITY
- AGREEABLENESS
- 515 Psychology
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Peer Sociometric Status and Personality Development from Middle Childhood to Preadolescence. / Ilmarinen, Ville-Juhani; Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina; Verkasalo, Markku; Lonnqvist, Jan-Erik.
In: European Journal of Personality, Vol. 33, No. 5, 2019, p. 606-626.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Peer Sociometric Status and Personality Development from Middle Childhood to Preadolescence
AU - Ilmarinen, Ville-Juhani
AU - Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina
AU - Verkasalo, Markku
AU - Lonnqvist, Jan-Erik
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Sociometric status, the regard that other group members confer to an individual, is one of the most ubiq-uitous and behaviourally relevant attributes assigned to the person by the social environment. Despite this, its contri-bution to personality development has received little attention. The present three-wave longitudinal study, spanningthe age range 7–13 years (n = 1222), sought tofill this gap by examining the transactional pathways between peersociometric status (measured by peer nominations) and Five-Factor personality traits (measured by self-ratingsand parent and teacher ratings). Sociometric status prospectively predicted the development of extraversion. By con-trast, agreeableness and neuroticism prospectively predicted the development of sociometric status. Furthermore,individual-level stability in extraversion was associated with individual-level stability in sociometric status. The re-sults were robust across different sources of personality ratings. We argue that peer sociometric status in the schoolclassroom is the type of environmental effect that has potential to explain personality development. Because of its sta-bility, broadness, and possible impact across a variety of personality processes, sociometric status can both repeti-tiously and simultaneously influence the network of multiple inter-correlated micro-level personality processes,potentially leading to a new network equilibrium that manifests in changes at the level of the broad personality trait.
AB - Sociometric status, the regard that other group members confer to an individual, is one of the most ubiq-uitous and behaviourally relevant attributes assigned to the person by the social environment. Despite this, its contri-bution to personality development has received little attention. The present three-wave longitudinal study, spanningthe age range 7–13 years (n = 1222), sought tofill this gap by examining the transactional pathways between peersociometric status (measured by peer nominations) and Five-Factor personality traits (measured by self-ratingsand parent and teacher ratings). Sociometric status prospectively predicted the development of extraversion. By con-trast, agreeableness and neuroticism prospectively predicted the development of sociometric status. Furthermore,individual-level stability in extraversion was associated with individual-level stability in sociometric status. The re-sults were robust across different sources of personality ratings. We argue that peer sociometric status in the schoolclassroom is the type of environmental effect that has potential to explain personality development. Because of its sta-bility, broadness, and possible impact across a variety of personality processes, sociometric status can both repeti-tiously and simultaneously influence the network of multiple inter-correlated micro-level personality processes,potentially leading to a new network equilibrium that manifests in changes at the level of the broad personality trait.
KW - development of personality
KW - peer environment
KW - sociometric status
KW - parallel continuities
KW - extraversion
KW - SOCIAL-STATUS
KW - RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION
KW - ADOLESCENT PERSONALITY
KW - SELF-RATINGS
KW - EXTROVERSION
KW - SIMILARITY
KW - TRAITS
KW - TRANSACTIONS
KW - POPULARITY
KW - AGREEABLENESS
KW - 515 Psychology
U2 - 10.1002/per.2219
DO - 10.1002/per.2219
M3 - Article
VL - 33
SP - 606
EP - 626
JO - European Journal of Personality
JF - European Journal of Personality
SN - 0890-2070
IS - 5
ER -