Table 2.
Bivariate correlations between homotypic temperament and personality traits across all waves.
| Agreeableness | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 26 | |
| Affiliation | 10 | .22 | .22 | .15 | .13 | .14 | .35 |
| 12 | .40 | .26 | .21 | .20 | .23 | .22 | |
| 14 | .65 | .42 | .31 | .37 | .36 | .25 | |
| 16 | .57 | .69 | .49 | .40 | .54 | .37 | |
| Conscientiousness | |||||||
| Age | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 26 | |
| Effortful Control | 10 | .23 | .20 | .16 | .08 | .18 | .17 |
| 12 | .49 | .39 | .22 | .20 | .16 | .09 | |
| 14 | .74 | .51 | .33 | .32 | .35 | .30 | |
| 16 | .50 | .73 | .48 | .42 | .49 | .43 | |
| Neuroticism | |||||||
| Age | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 26 | |
| Negative Emotionality | 10 | .19 | .18 | .18 | .20 | .16 | .10 |
| 12 | .29 | .30 | .24 | .22 | .20 | .20 | |
| 14 | .56 | .43 | .34 | .30 | .33 | .24 | |
| 16 | .50 | .72 | .41 | .41 | .46 | .41 | |
| Extraversion | |||||||
| Age | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 26 | |
| Surgency | 10 | .14 | .11 | .06 | .14 | .10 | .04 |
| 12 | .28 | .24 | .11 | .10 | .16 | .07 | |
| 14 | .56 | .42 | .36 | .27 | .31 | .16 | |
| 16 | .45 | .52 | .47 | .35 | .39 | .24 | |
| Openness | |||||||
| Surgency | Age | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 26 |
| 10 | −.01 | −.14 | −.02 | −.05 | −.08 | −.08 | |
| 12 | .17 | .07 | .04 | −.02 | .06 | .00 | |
| 14 | .42 | .26 | .22 | .08 | .23 | .12 | |
| 16 | .31 | .40 | .32 | .17 | .31 | .19 | |
Note. Cell colors correspond to strength of correlation; grey values are not significant (p-values ≥ .01).