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Brent W. Roberts
Researcher at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Publications - 243
Citations - 40852
Brent W. Roberts is an academic researcher from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. The author has contributed to research in topics: Personality & Big Five personality traits. The author has an hindex of 82, co-authored 229 publications receiving 36195 citations. Previous affiliations of Brent W. Roberts include University of Tübingen & University of California, Berkeley.
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A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety
Terrie E. Moffitt,Louise Arseneault,Daniel W. Belsky,Nigel Dickson,Robert J. Hancox,HonaLee Harrington,Renate Houts,Richie Poulton,Brent W. Roberts,Stephen A. Ross,Malcolm R. Sears,W. Murray Thomson,Avshalom Caspi +12 more
TL;DR: Following a cohort of 1,000 children from birth to the age of 32 y, it is shown that childhood self-control predicts physical health, substance dependence, personal finances, and criminal offending outcomes, following a gradient of self- control.
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The rank-order consistency of personality traits from childhood to old age: a quantitative review of longitudinal studies.
TL;DR: Meta-analytic techniques used to test whether trait consistency maximizes and stabilizes at a specific period in the life course showed that the longitudinal time interval had a negative relation to trait consistency and that temperament dimensions were less consistent than adult personality traits.
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Patterns of mean-level change in personality traits across the life course: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.
TL;DR: The present study used meta-analytic techniques to determine the patterns of mean-level change in personality traits across the life course and showed that people increase in measures of social dominance, conscientiousness, and emotional stability in young adulthood and decrease in both of these domains in old age.
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Personality development: stability and change.
TL;DR: This review examines research about the structure of personality in childhood and in adulthood, with special attention to possible developmental changes in the lower-order components of broad traits.
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The Power of Personality: The Comparative Validity of Personality Traits, Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Ability for Predicting Important Life Outcomes:
TL;DR: The influence of personality traits on important life outcomes is demonstrated, the need to more routinely incorporate measures of personality into quality of life surveys is highlighted, and further research is encouraged about the developmental origins of personality trait and the processes by which these traits influence diverse life outcomes.