Associations between preschool temperament and environment factors and schoolage personality were prospectively investigated in a Swedish sample of 93 children. Parental temperament ratings of emotionality, activity, sociability, shyness, and impulsivity and maternal and teacher personality ratings of the Big Five dimensions were used. Maternal control was studied in observed behavior and questionnaire ratings. Nonfamily environmental factors were external day care during the first 4 years and negative life events. Personality was systematically predicted by early temperament and the ...

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