TY - JOUR
T1 - A longitudinal study into the link between adolescent personality and peer-rated likeability and adjustment : evidence of gender differences
AU - Ciarrochi, Joseph
AU - Heaven, P. C. L.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We explored the possibility that male and female adolescents respond differently to the personality traits of their male and female peers. Students (381 boys; 389 girls) completed personality measures in Grades 7 (Mean age 12.28) through 10, and completed peer-ratings of adjustment and likeability in Grades 9 and 10. Analyses indicated that girls' adjustment ratings were influenced by boys' level of agreeableness, conscientiousness, and Eysenckian psychoticism, whereas boys' ratings were relatively uninfluenced by these characteristics in girls. Girls and boys liked extraversion in the opposite-gender more than they liked it in the same gender. We discuss the implications of these findings for understanding peer relationships and gender differences.
AB - We explored the possibility that male and female adolescents respond differently to the personality traits of their male and female peers. Students (381 boys; 389 girls) completed personality measures in Grades 7 (Mean age 12.28) through 10, and completed peer-ratings of adjustment and likeability in Grades 9 and 10. Analyses indicated that girls' adjustment ratings were influenced by boys' level of agreeableness, conscientiousness, and Eysenckian psychoticism, whereas boys' ratings were relatively uninfluenced by these characteristics in girls. Girls and boys liked extraversion in the opposite-gender more than they liked it in the same gender. We discuss the implications of these findings for understanding peer relationships and gender differences.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/535155
U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.08.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.08.006
M3 - Article
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 43
SP - 978
EP - 986
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
IS - 6
ER -
