TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality development at school : assessing a reciprocal influence model of teachers' evaluations and students' personality
AU - Heaven, Patrick C. L.
AU - Leeson, Peter
AU - Ciarrochi, Joseph
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We examined, over 4 years, the interrelationships between changes in teachers' ratings of student behaviour and changes in students' self-reports of their personality. Participants were Australian high school students in Grades 8-11 (Ns were 891, 763, 778, and 571, respectively). Teachers evaluated students' behavioral problems and overall adjustment, whereas students reported on their levels of Eysenckian psychoticism (P), a personality trait relevant in the school setting. We found some evidence of bidirectional influences between P and evaluations of adjustment and behavioral problems. These results are discussed with reference to transactional models of personality change.
AB - We examined, over 4 years, the interrelationships between changes in teachers' ratings of student behaviour and changes in students' self-reports of their personality. Participants were Australian high school students in Grades 8-11 (Ns were 891, 763, 778, and 571, respectively). Teachers evaluated students' behavioral problems and overall adjustment, whereas students reported on their levels of Eysenckian psychoticism (P), a personality trait relevant in the school setting. We found some evidence of bidirectional influences between P and evaluations of adjustment and behavioral problems. These results are discussed with reference to transactional models of personality change.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/535127
U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.009
M3 - Article
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 43
SP - 815
EP - 821
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
IS - 5
ER -