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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2002 Jul;38(4):591–603. doi: 10.1037//0012-1649.38.4.591

Table 6.

Profile Stability and Indices of Adjustment in Adulthood

Adjustment
variable		 Type:
Stable low agreeables		 Antitype:
High to low agreeables		 Antitype:
Low to high agreeables		 Type:
Stable high agreeables
Childhood:
Low comply,
low control,
high aggress		 Adulthood:
Low agree,
low social,
high impulse		 Childhood:
High comply,
high control,
low aggress		 Adulthood:
Low agree,
low social,
high impulse		 Childhood:
Low comply,
low control,
high aggress		 Adulthood:
High agree,
high social,
low impulse		 Childhood:
High comply,
high control,
low aggress		 Adulthood:
High agree,
high social,
low impulse
M SD M SD M SD M SD
Alcoholism 2.70a 2.0 2.20a 2.3 2.00a 2.2 0.18b 0.5
Arrests 2.48a 4.0 1.00 2.6 0.50 1.2 0.05b 0.2
Career stability 1.95b 1.0 2.55 0.8 2.83 0.4 2.68a 0.6
Depression 1.67a 0.4 1.44 0.3 1.19 0.4 1.29b 0.2

Note. Across rows, means with different subscripts differ significantly at p < .05 in follow-up t tests. comply = compliance; control = self-control; aggress = aggression; agree = agreeableness; social = socialization; impulse = impulsivity.