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SUBMITTER: Riley EN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5381820 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Riley Elizabeth N EN Smith Gregory T GT
Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science 20161207 1
Personality traits in children predict numerous life outcomes. Although traits are generally stable, if there is personality change in youth, it could affect subsequent behavior in important ways. We found that the trait of urgency, the tendency to act impulsively when highly emotional, increases for some youth in early adolescence. This increase can be predicted from the behavior of young children: alcohol consumption and depressive symptom level in elementary school children (5th grade) predic ...[more]