The goal of this study was to develop and validate an instrument for the measurement of the trait of Conscientiousness (C), as conceptualized through the HEXACO model, but in middle childhood, children using their parents’ ratings. Following a pilot study that singled out the items with the best psychometric characteristics, the main study was conducted using a final instrument on a sample of 264 children, who were rated by their mothers and/or fathers. Four facets were extracted in both mothers’ and fathers’ ratings, as well as a higher-order factor. Results suggest that obtained factor structures deviate to some extent from the one proposed by the HEXACO model, with certain discrepancies between factor structures extracted from mothers’ and fathers’ ratings. We discuss these discrepancies as well as conceptual and practical problems that might arise from attempting to measure children's personality traits.
Keywords:
measuring children’s personality / children in middle childhood / conscientiousness / personality traits
Source:
Proceedings of the XXVI scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology, 2020
TY - CONF
AU - Dojčinović, Sara
AU - Milanović, Maša
AU - Pantović, Vanja
AU - Gmitrović, Marija
AU - Milisavljević, Emilija
AU - Petrović, Marija
PY - 2020
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5079
AB - The goal of this study was to develop and validate an instrument for the measurement of the trait of Conscientiousness (C), as conceptualized through the HEXACO model, but in middle childhood, children using their parents’ ratings. Following a pilot study that singled out the items with the best psychometric characteristics, the main study was conducted using a final instrument on a sample of 264 children, who were rated by their mothers and/or fathers. Four facets were extracted in both mothers’ and fathers’ ratings, as well as a higher-order factor. Results suggest that obtained factor structures deviate to some extent from the one proposed by the HEXACO model, with certain discrepancies between factor structures extracted from mothers’ and fathers’ ratings. We discuss these discrepancies as well as conceptual and practical problems that might arise from attempting to measure children's personality traits.
C3 - Proceedings of the XXVI scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology
T1 - The Development of Conscientiousness scale: Measuring personality traits in children in middle childhood
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5079
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year = "2020",
abstract = "The goal of this study was to develop and validate an instrument for the measurement of the trait of Conscientiousness (C), as conceptualized through the HEXACO model, but in middle childhood, children using their parents’ ratings. Following a pilot study that singled out the items with the best psychometric characteristics, the main study was conducted using a final instrument on a sample of 264 children, who were rated by their mothers and/or fathers. Four facets were extracted in both mothers’ and fathers’ ratings, as well as a higher-order factor. Results suggest that obtained factor structures deviate to some extent from the one proposed by the HEXACO model, with certain discrepancies between factor structures extracted from mothers’ and fathers’ ratings. We discuss these discrepancies as well as conceptual and practical problems that might arise from attempting to measure children's personality traits.",
journal = "Proceedings of the XXVI scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology",
title = "The Development of Conscientiousness scale: Measuring personality traits in children in middle childhood",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5079"
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Dojčinović, S., Milanović, M., Pantović, V., Gmitrović, M., Milisavljević, E.,& Petrović, M.. (2020). The Development of Conscientiousness scale: Measuring personality traits in children in middle childhood. in Proceedings of the XXVI scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5079
Dojčinović S, Milanović M, Pantović V, Gmitrović M, Milisavljević E, Petrović M. The Development of Conscientiousness scale: Measuring personality traits in children in middle childhood. in Proceedings of the XXVI scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology. 2020;.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5079 .
Dojčinović, Sara, Milanović, Maša, Pantović, Vanja, Gmitrović, Marija, Milisavljević, Emilija, Petrović, Marija, "The Development of Conscientiousness scale: Measuring personality traits in children in middle childhood" in Proceedings of the XXVI scientific conference Empirical Studies in Psychology (2020),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5079 .
