TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1980//
TI  - Continuity and change in women's characteristics over four decades
JO  - International journal of behavioral development
A1  - Mussen, Paul
A1  - Eichorn, Dorothy H.
A1  - Honzik, Marjorie P.
A1  - Bieber, Stephen L.
A1  - Meredith, William M.
SP  - 333
EP  - 347
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
N2  - Fifty-three mothers of participants in the Guidance Study of the Institute of Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley, were rated on 21 cognitive and personality-social characteristics at approximately 30 years of age and again at age 70. As judged by the interage correlations, all 5 of the cognitive variables and 10 of the 16 personality variables, proved to be relatively stable over the 40-year period. Ratings of intelligence, mental alertness, speed of mental processes, use of language, and accuracy in thinking were relatively consistent and the following personality-social characteristics also showed continuity over the 40-year interval: talkativeness, cheerfulness, frankness in discussion, tendency to criticize, excitability, energy level and self-esteem. Ratings of self-assurance, attitude toward child and satisfaction with life showed little stability over this long interval. A new factor analytic method was used to extract 3 factors common to both ages, together with 2 factors specific to age 30 and 3 factors specific to age 70.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-0254
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016502548000300309
ID  - ref1
ER  -