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Adolescent Personality Trends in Primary Factors measured on the 16 PF and the HSPQ Questionnaires through ages 11 to 23 *
Author(s) -
SEALY A. P.,
CATTELL R. B.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1966.tb00971.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , big five personality traits , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , demography , social psychology , sociology
The High School Personality Questionnaire and the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire, which measure 12 personality dimensions in common, were administered to 1,995 male and 2,409 female subjects distributed with some regularity from 11 through 23 years of age. The below 18's were largely tested by the HSPQ and the above 17's by the 16 PF. Age trend analyses are made with and without correction for selection on the college sample of adults and with and without combination of HSPQ and 16 PF results in a single plot. Significant linear regressions of score on age were found on seven factors, and consistent but non‐significant and slight trends on four others. Practical and theoretical consequences of the trends (which in some source traits amount to half a standard deviation shift of the mean over 20 years) are very briefly discussed.