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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2025 Sep 18;130(5):1047–1061. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000576

Table 4.

Rank order stability of joint temperament/personality traits.

Age interval Rank-order r Standard
Error
Affiliation/Agreeableness
10 to 12 .39 .07
12 to 14 .49 .05
14 to 16 .72 .03
16 to 19 .60 .05
19 to 21 .53 .05
21 to 23 .50 .05
23 to 26 .56 .05
Effortful Control/Conscientiousness
10 to 12 .41 .06
12 to 14 .60 .04
14 to 16 .70 .03
16 to 19 .53 .04
19 to 21 .61 .04
21 to 23 .56 .05
23 to 26 .68 .04
Negative Emotionality/Neuroticism
10 to 12 .34 .04
12 to 14 .59 .04
14 to 16 .80 .02
16 to 19 .50 .04
19 to 21 .61 .04
21 to 23 .70 .03
23 to 26 .63 .04
Surgency/Extraversion
10 to 12 .33 .08
12 to 14 .49 .06
14 to 16 .76 .03
16 to 19 .62 .04
19 to 21 .64 .04
21 to 23 .67 .04
23 to 26 .70 .04