Do school-related experiences impact personality? Selection and socialization effects of impulse control.

Brandt, Naemi D.; Mike, Anissa; Jackson, Joshua J.

doi:10.1037/dev0000817

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“…Sensation-seeking was also measured using a 3-item question set from previous research (Bollich et al, 2020;Brandt et al, 2019;Harden & Tucker-Drob, 2011). Similar to impulsivity, these questions were answered by participants 10 years and older.…”

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Initiation of drug and alcohol use and personality development during adolescence

Wright¹,

Jj²

2020

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Personality traits predict both the initiation and continued usage of alcohol and drugs. Less established is if substance use is associated with subsequent changes in personality, especially during the sensitive period of adolescence. We used three novel approaches to disentangle selection and socialization effects to address whether substance use is associated with personality development (impulsivity, sensation-seeking, depression, self-esteem). First, we used a multi-wave longitudinal sample of adolescents (N = 8,303) from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth - Child and Young Adult dataset to study the first use of a controlled substance. Second, we used propensity score weighting to equate users and abstainers on a range of background variables. Third, we investigated changes before, during, and after initiation of substances. Overall, there was unique variability and effects in personality across time for average levels, trajectories, and magnitudes of change both between users and abstainers as well as within users of specific substances. Results suggest that initiation of substance use leads to changes in personality; the specifics of which are largely contingent upon the substance being used. Impulsivity and sensation-seeking were the traits that changed the most while cocaine and cigarettes were the substances that had the largest impact.

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“…Past research has found the development of impulse control is positively related to some academic-related factors such as school satisfaction and teacher support (Brandt et al, 2019).…”

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Initiation of drug and alcohol use and personality development during adolescence

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Jj²

2020

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“…Personality. For Impulsivity and Sensation Seeking, we used the same 3-item question sets used in previous research (Brandt, Mike, & Jackson, 2019;Harden & Tucker-Drob, 2011).…”

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“…These findings suggest that peers can be detrimental for the development of impulsivity. However, positive peer experiences, are associated with positive changes in impulse control (Brandt, Mike & Jackson, 2019), suggesting that peers do not only have negative effects on the development of impulsivity.…”

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Do Correctional Facilities Correct Our Youth?: Effects of Incarceration and Court-Ordered Community Service on Personality Development

Bollich-Ziegler¹,

Beck²,

Hill³

et al. 2020

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Millions of individuals are currently incarcerated in the United States. However, little is known about the effects of incarceration on personality development, particularly during the critical life stage of adolescence. In a large longitudinal sample, adolescents and young adults (N = 7,736) regularly completed personality measures and assessments of court-ordered punishments for criminal behaviors over more than ten years. Using propensity score weighting and multilevel growth curve modeling, we found that personality prospectively predicted the likelihood of incarceration and court-ordered community service, and that personality changed in response to these experiences, compared to a matched control group. Specifically, individuals who were incarcerated were higher in impulsivity, sensation seeking, and depressive symptoms than individuals who were not incarcerated—results for community service youth mostly mirrored these findings. Furthermore, although on average individuals decreased in impulsivity over time, incarcerated individuals increased. In contrast, youth assigned community service experienced normative decreases in impulsivity. Incarcerated individuals also decreased in depressive symptoms over adolescence, while other individuals showed no change in depressive symptoms. This work highlights the lasting negative impact of incarceration in youth, with no evidence of correction via correctional facilities. Preregistration, data, and code [https://osf.io/45qxh/?view_only=0d9ced99898645fe8ee399e8db3c21dc]

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“…Our findings attempt to accurately match the first experience of FV and personality measurement for understanding the relationships between them. It may help us to understand the personality development caused by life events (Brandt, Mike, & Jackson, 2019). After learning which life events may bring personality changes, we can further study the characteristics of these events and the mechanisms of changes (Wrzus & Neyer, 2016).…”

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The impact of family violence incidents on personality changes: An examination of social media users’ messages in China

Liu

Zhao

et al. 2021

PsyCh Journal

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Changes in personality tend to be intertwined with life events (e.g., family violence [FV]). This study aimed to examine the personality changes before and after an FV incident using Weibo data. Samples were selected from 1.16 million Weibo users in China who had posted their own FV experience as victims. We used Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) to extract the linguistic features of these unstructured texts as the scores of participants’ personality. We built prediction models to measure and compare personality differences between the victim group and control group in Sample 1; and personality changes between the victim group and control group before and after an FV incident in Sample 2. Results showed that the victims’ neuroticism increased and conscientiousness decreased after experiencing FV. At the same time, their agreeableness and openness levels were lower than those of the control group. Implications and limitations are also discussed.

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Do school-related experiences impact personality? Selection and socialization effects of impulse control.

Cited by 22 publications

References 84 publications

Initiation of drug and alcohol use and personality development during adolescence

Initiation of drug and alcohol use and personality development during adolescence

Do Correctional Facilities Correct Our Youth?: Effects of Incarceration and Court-Ordered Community Service on Personality Development

The impact of family violence incidents on personality changes: An examination of social media users’ messages in China

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