ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Childhood Maltreatment Predicts Agreeableness in Adults

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Personality/Emotion Psychology

  • Mandi Maycumber
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Keyanna Williams
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Kristine Jacquin
    Fielding Graduate University

Abstract

Research shows that personality traits in adults are associated with childhood maltreatment. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between childhood maltreatment and agreeableness in adults. There was a significant relationship between childhood maltreatment and agreeableness in adult males and females.

Personality Traits