Contemporaneous prediction of social behavior in preschool children from a set of personality dimensions

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-201

  Zupančič, Maja ^a   Kavčič, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Behavioral problems; Five Factor Model; Personality; Preschool children; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242458251     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. ACHENBACH, T.M., 1991, Manual for the Child Behavior Check-list/4-18 and 1991 Profile. Burlington, University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry.
2. ACHENBACH, T.M., EDELBROCK, C., 1986, Manual for the Teacher's Report Form. Burlington, University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry.
3. CAPRARA, V.O., BARBARANELLI, C., BORGOGNI, L., BUCIK, V., BOBEN, B., 1997, Model "velikih pet". Pripomočki za merjenje structure osebnosti [The "big-five". Instruments for assessment of the structure of personality]. Ljubljana, Center za psihodiagnostična sredstva.
4. CEGNAR, P., 2001, Dimenzije osebnosti starejših predšolskih otrok in njihova povezanost s prilagojenostjo v vrtcu [Personality dimensions of older preschool children and their relation to social adaptation in kindergarten]. Unpublished graduate thesis. Ljubljana, Filozofska fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani.
5. DIGMAN, J.M., 1990, Personality structure: Emergence of the Five-Factor Model. Annual Review of Psychology, 41, 417-440.
6. DIGMAN, J.M., SHMELYOV, A.G., 1996, The structure of temperament and personality in Russian children. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 341-351.
7. DUMAS, J.E., LAFRENIERE, P.J., CAPUANO, F., DURNING, P., 1997, Profil socio-affectif. Evaluation des competénces sociales et des difficultés d'adaptation des enfants de 2 ans a 6 ans. Paris, ECPA.
8. EHRLER, D.J., EVANS, G.J., MCGHEE, R.L., 1999, Extending the Big-Five theory into childhood: A preliminary investigation into the relationship between Big-Five personality traits and behavior problems in children. Psychology in the Schools, 36, 6, 451-458.
9. EISENBERG, N., CUMBERLAND, A., SPINARD, T.L., FABES, R.A., SHEPARD, S.A., REISER, M., MURPHY, B.C., LOSOYA, S.H., OUTHRIE, I.K., 2001, The relations of regulation and emotionality to children's externalizing and internalizing problem behavior. Child Development, 72, 1112-1134.
10. EISENBERG, N., FABES, R.A., MURPHY, B., MASZK, P., SMITH, M., KARBON, M., 1995, The role of emotionality and regulation in children's social functioning: A longitudinal study. Child Development, 66, 1360-1384.
11. EISENBERG, N., FABES, R.A., SHEPARD, S.A., MURPHY, B.C., GUTHRIE, I.K., JONES, S., FRIEDMAN, J., POULIN, R., MASZK, P., 1997, Contemporaneous and longitudinal prediction of children's social functioning from regulation and emotionality. Child Development, 68, 642-664.
12. GOLDBERG, L.R., 1992, The development of markers of the Big-Five factor structure. Psychological Assessment, 4, 26-42.
13. GRAZIANO, W.G., WARD, D., 1992, Probing the Big Five in adolescence: Personality and adjustment during a developmental transition. Journal of Personality, 60, 425-440.
14. HALVERSON, C.F., HAVILL, V.L., DEAL, J., BAKER, S.R., VICTOR, B.J., PAVLOPOULOS, V., BESEVEGIS, E., WEN, L., in press, Personality structure as derived from parental ratings of free descriptions of children: The Inventory of Child Individual Differences. Journal of Personality.
15. HENDRICSSON, L., RYDELL, A.M., 2001, Relationships with teachers and self-perception among children with externalizing and internalizing problems. Paper presented at the 10th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Uppsala, Sweden.
16. HUEY, S.J., Jr., WEISZ, J.R., 1997, Ego control, ego resiliency, and the Five-factor model as predictors of behavioral and emotional problems in clinic-referred children and adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106, 3, 404-415.
17. HORVAT, L., 1985, Vprašalnik vedenjskih reakcij [Questionnaire of Behavioral Reactions]. Ljubljana, Oddelek za psihologijo.
18. KOCHANSKA, G., 1995, Children's temperament, mothers' discipline, and security of attachment: Multiple pathways to emerging intemalization. Child Development, 66, 597-615.
19. KYRIOS, M., PRIOR, M., 1990, Temperament, stress, and family factors in behavioral adjustment of 3-5-year-old children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 13, 67-93.
20. LAFRENIERE, P.J., DUBEAU, D., CAPUANO, F., JANOSZ, M., 1990, Profils socio-affectifs des enfants d'age préscolaire. Revue Cannadienne de Psycho-Education, 19, 1, 23-41.
21. LAFRENIERE, P.J., DUMAS, J.E., 1995, Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation, Preschool Edition (SCBE). Los Angeles, Western Psychological Services.
22. LAFRENIERE, P.J., DUMAS, J.E., ZUPANČIČ, M., GRIL, A., KAVČIČ, T., 2001, Vprašalnik o socialnem vedenju otrok. SV-O priročnik [Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Scale. SV-O Manual]. Ljubljana, Center za psihodiagnostična sredstva.
23. LITTLE, T.D., WANNER, B., 1998, Validity of a Big-Five Personality Inventory for Children (B5P-C). Poster presented at the Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Bern.
24. LOCHMAN, J.E., Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group, 1993, Screening of child behavior problems for prevention programs at school entry. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63, 549-559.
25. MARJANOVIČ UMEK, L., ZUPANČIČ, M., in press, Otroci v vrtcu in šoli [Children in pre-school and school institutions]. In: L. Marjanovič Umek, M. Zupančič (Eds.), Razvojna psihologija [Developmental psychology].
26. McCRAE, R.R., COSTA, P.T., Jr., 1987, Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 81-90.
27. McCRAE, R.R., COSTA, P.T., Jr., 1997, Personality trait structure as a human universal. American Psychologist, 52, 509-516.
28. McCRAE, R.R., COSTA, P.T., Jr., OSTENDORF, F., ANGLEITNER, A., HŘEBÍČKOVÁ, M., AVIA, M.D., SANZ, J., SÁNCHEZ-BERNARDOZ, M.L., KUSDIL, M.E., WOODFIELD, R., SAUNDERS, P.R., SMITH, P.B., 2000, Nature over nurture: Temperament, personality, and life span development. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 173-186.
29. MERVIELDE, I., 1992, The B5BBS-25; A Flemish set of bipolar markers for the "Big Five" personality factors. Psychologica Belgica, 32, 195-210.
30. MERVIELDE, I., BUYST, V., DE FRUYT, F., 1995, The validity of the Big Five as a model for teacher's ratings of individual differences among children aged 4-12 years. Personality and Individual Differences, 18, 4, 525-534.
31. MERVIELDE, I., DE FRUYT, F., 1999, Construction of the Hierarchical Personality Inventory for Children (HiPIC). In: I. Mervielde, I. Deary, F. De Fruyt, F. Ostendorpf (Eds.), Personality Psychology in Europe. Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference on Personality Psychology, Tilburg, Tilburg University Press, 107-127.
32. MERVIELDE, I., DE FRUYT, F., 2000, The Big Five personality factors as a model for the structure of children's peer nominations. European Journal of Personality, 14, 91-106.
33. MERVIELDE, I., DE FRUYT, F., 2002, Assessing children's traits with the Hierachical Personality Inventory for Children. In: B. de Raad, M. Perugini (Eds.), Big Five assessment, Gottingen, Hogrefe, Huber Publishers, 129-146.
34. OSER, D.J., REISE, S.P., 1994, Personality assessment. Annual Journal of Psychology, 45, 357-388.
35. PISLAK, A., 1999, Preizkus vprašalnika Velikih pet osebnostnih lastnosti na slovenskih osnovnošolcih [Validation of the Big Five Personality Inventory with Slovenian primary school children). Unpublished graduate thesis. Ljubljana, Filozofska fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani.
36. QUAY, H.C., 1987, A dimensional approach to behavior disorder: The Revised Behavior Problem Checklist. School Psychology Review, 12, 144-249.
37. REED-VICTOR, E., PELCO, L., 2001, Child temperament and personality: Contributions to early school competence and behavior problems. Paper presented at the 10th European Conference on Developmental Pychology, Uppsala, Sweden.
38. ROTHBART, M.K., AHADI, S.A., HERSHEY, K.L., 1994, Temperament and social behavior in childhood. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 40, 21-39.
39. ROTHBART, M.K., BATES, J.E., 1998, Temperament. In: N. Eisenberg (Ed.), W. Damon (Series Ed.), Handbook of child psychology: Vol. 3. Social, emotional and personality development, New York, Wiley, 105-176.
40. VAN LEEUWEN, K., 1999, The relationship between personality and problem behavior in children. Paper presented at the 9th European Conference on Developmental psychology, Spetses, Greece.
41. VAN LIESHOUT, C.F.M., 2000, Lifespan personality development: Self-organising goal-oriented agents and developmental outcome. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 24, 276-288.
42. ZUPANČIČ, M., CECIĆ ERPIČ, S., BOBEN, D., 2001, Vprašalnik Velikih pet za otroke in mladostnike [The Big Five Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents], Unpublished research report. Ljubljana, Center za psihodiagnostična sredstva.
43. ZUPANČIČ, M., GRIL, A., KAVČIČ, T., 2000, Predstavitev prve poskusne oblike ocenjevalne lest-vice socialne prilagojenosti predšolskih otrok (OLSP) ter njene konstruktne veljavnosti [Presentation of the first preliminary rating scale for the assessment of social adaptation in preschool children (OLSP) and its construct validity]. Horizons of Psychology, 9, 3, 45-66.
44. ZUPANČIČ, M., GRIL, A., KAVČIČ, T., 2001, Socialno vedenje in sociometrični položaj predšolskih otrok v vrtcu [Social behavior and sociometric status of preschool children in kindergarten]. Horizons of Psychology, 10, 2, 67-88.
45. ZUPANČIČ, M., KAVČIČ, T., 2002a, Validacija pripomočkov za ocenjevanje osebnostnih značilnosti pri predšolskih otrocih: pilotne študije (Validation of instruments for assessing individual differences in preschool children: Preliminary analyses). Unpublished research report. Ljubljana, Oddelek za psihologijo.
46. ZUPANČIČ, M., KAVČIČ, T., 2002b, Toddler's and pre-school child's characteristics as perceived by mothers and pre-school teachers: Do their free descriptions resemble the five-factor model of personality? Horizons of Psychology, 11, 1, 7-27.
47. ZUPANČIČ, M., KAVČIČ, T., FEKONJA, U., 2003, The personality structure of toddlers and preschool children as perceived by their kindergarten teachers. Horizons of Psychology, 12, 1, 7-20.