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Published in final edited form as: J Res Pers. 2013 May 17;47(5):505–513. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.05.003

Table 3.

Forty-Five Year Stability Correlations from Childhood to Adulthood for Each of the Big Five Factors: Comparing Interviewer Ratings and Self-Reports in Adulthood with Teachers’ Assessments in Childhood.

Teacher Assessments In Childhood	Interviewer-Ratings					Self-Reports^a
Teacher Assessments In Childhood	39 Child Traits n = 771	BFI n = 771	SMM n = 771	Aggregate^b n = 771	SIFFM n = 780	BFI^c n = 916	Aggregate^d n = 916

Extraversion	.21	.22	.21	.22	.20	.29	.27
Agreeableness	.07	.08	.06	.09	.19	.08	.09
Conscientiousness	.20	.20	.20	.22	.17	.23	.25
Neuroticism	−.02	−.04	−.06	.04	−.03	.00	.00
Intellect/Openness	.22	.24	.25	.24	.17	.16	.17

Note: BFI= Big Five Inventory; SMM= Saucier’s Mini-Markers;

Previously reported in Hampson & Goldberg 2006.

^b,d

Aggregate ratings include items from the BFI, SMM, and 39 child traits.

BFI self-reports are aggregated factor scores from two administrations of this measure approximately three years apart. Correlations in bold differ significantly from zero at the p< .05 level.