弥合气质和儿童中的五大因素:一项具有遗传信息性的研究
Margarete E Vollrath1, Espen Moen Eilertsen1, Svenn Torgersen2
1Department of Psychology, PROMENTA Research Center, University of Oslo.
Journal of personality and social psychology
|June 13, 2024
概括
儿童早期的气质和以后的五大个性特征是由两个核心遗传因素联系在一起的. 这些因素,稳定性和可塑性,解释了孩子们对人格发展的共同遗传影响.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 行为遗传学 行为遗传学
- 人格科学 人格科学 人格科学
背景情况:
- 早期的气质会影响以后的人格发展,但整合的遗传模型缺乏.
- 了解气质和个性的遗传基础对于发育研究至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 估计儿童早期气质和五大个性特征的共同遗传因子结构.
- 调查8岁时发育和个性之间的气质之间的遗传相关性.
主要方法:
- 在挪威母亲和儿童队列研究中的双胞胎,兄弟姐妹和表兄弟姐妹的大样本 (26,354) 上利用了生物识别建模.
- 通过母亲评分收集了纵向气数据 (年龄为1.5-5岁) 和五大个性数据 (年龄为8岁).
- 分析遗传因素结构和相关性,以确定潜在的遗传影响.
主要成果:
- 气质和五大个性特征表现出中度的遗传性 (分别约为0.48和0.45).
- 发现气质与时间之间有很强的遗传相关性 (平均值为 .80).
- 两个主要的遗传因素出现了,将早期的气质与后来的五大个性联系起来,反映了迪格曼的稳定性和可塑性形象.
结论:
- 童年气质和五大人物的个性在很大程度上受到共同的遗传因素的影响.
- 两个元因素模型 (稳定性和可塑性) 有效地弥合了气质和个性的遗传基础.
- 这项研究为理解从幼儿时期开始的人格发展提供了一个强大的遗传框架.
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