Personality--a resource or risk for successful development

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
Lea Pulkkinen

Abstract

Personality as a resource or risk for development was discussed in the light of the results of the ongoing Finnish Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (FJYLS) which the author has conducted since 1968 when the participants (N = 369, b. 1959) were 8 years of age. A general hypothesis presented within a two-dimensional framework of self-control and activity was that the child's high self-control of emotions and behavior would be associated with adaptive behavior in adulthood. The results have provided evidence in support for and limitations to the hypothesis. High self-control was a resource and low self-control was a risk for development, but there were gender differences that came out consistently in variable-oriented and person-oriented analyses. A resource factor for male adult social functioning was, compared to females, a broader construct of self-control in childhood covering both more passive (compliant) and active (constructive) behavior; only active well-controlled (constructive) behavior was a resource for female functioning. A risk factor for female functioning was low self-control combined with passivity (internalizing behavior), whereas low self-control combined with activity (external...Continue Reading

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