APS

29th APS Annual Convention

Personality Development in Childhood and Adolescence: Understanding Effects of Educational and Academic Outcomes

Friday, May 26, 2017 · Boston, MA

Personality/Emotion

How is personality development from childhood to young adulthood related to educational and achievement related outcomes? Using longitudinal data, the three talks investigate whether personality development influences educational and achievement related outcomes, and vice versa. Tucker-Drob will discuss the talks with respect to their impact for theory, and future research.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Jenny WagnerChair
    Leibniz-Institute for Science and Mathematics Education
  • Spengler MarionCoChair
    University of Tübingen
  • Elliot Tucker-DrobDiscussant
    University of Texas at Austin

Presentations

  1. Contextualizing Academic Behaviors and Achievement in a Comprehensive Child Personality TaxonomyHerzhoff Kathrin, Kathleen W. Reardon, Alex Casillas, Jennifer L. Tackett
  2. Against All Odds – Personality Development in Young Trainees Opposes the Maturity PrincipleJennifer Deventer, Jenny Wagner, Oliver Lüdtke, Gabriel Nagy, Jan Retelsdorf
  3. Is Personality Trait Change Related to Later Career Success? – a 10 Year Longitudinal StudyMarion Spengler, Brent W. Roberts, Jenny Wagner, Ulrich Trautwein