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Personality Structure as Derived From Parental Ratings of Free Descriptions of Children: The Inventory of Child Individual Differences
Author(s) -
Halverson Charles F.,
Havill Valerie L.,
Deal James,
Baker Spencer R.,
Victor James B.,
Pavlopoulos Vassilis,
Besevegis Elias,
Wen Liu
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6494.7106005
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , indigenous , sample (material) , temperament , developmental psychology , set (abstract data type) , china , social psychology , geography , ecology , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography , computer science , biology , programming language
Based on over 50,000 parental descriptors of children gathered in eight different countries, we used a combination of focus group sorting of descriptors in each country and factor analyses of instruments developed in four of the countries (United States, China, Greece, and the Netherlands) to describe children ages 3 to 12 years to select items for an instrument that would work well across countries to access personality. Through many factor analyses of indigenous items in each country, a core set of 141 items was used in three of the countries, with over 3000 parents responding to our instruments in China, Greece, and the United States. Much cross‐comparative research analysis has resulted in 15 robust midlevel scales that describe the structures of parental descriptors that are common to the three countries. The data on the English (U.S.) sample are presented in detail. Links to temperament and behavior problems are presented and discussed.