scholarly journals Trajectories of Calling in the Transition From University to Work: A Growth Mixture Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-114
Author(s):  
Chunyu Zhang ◽  
Andreas Hirschi ◽  
Xuqun You
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Growth Mixture Modeling ◽  
Career Transition ◽  
Mixture Modeling ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Mixture Analysis ◽  
Growth Mixture ◽  
Growth Mixture Analysis

Research on the development of calling is still in its infancy and rarely focused on how calling changes during a major career transition. The current study examined the developmental trajectories of calling and their relation with personality (i.e., conscientiousness, proactive personality) in the transition from university to work with a three-wave longitudinal study with 340 Chinese graduating university students. Results based on growth mixture modeling indicated three developmental trajectories of calling: high and stable calling (23% of sample), high but decreasing calling (74%), and low and increasing calling (3%). Moreover, higher conscientiousness related to a higher chance of being classified into the high and stable calling trajectory. These findings add notable insights to the literature by exploring the previously neglected developmental trajectories of calling and their association with personality in the transition from university to work.

scholarly journals Child personality facets and overreactive parenting as predictors of aggression and rule-breaking trajectories from childhood to adolescence

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrik I. Becht ◽  
Peter Prinzie ◽  
Maja Deković ◽  
Alithe L. van den Akker ◽  
Rebecca L. Shiner
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Growth Mixture Modeling ◽  
Mixture Modeling ◽  
Children At Risk ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Growth Mixture ◽  
Personality Facets ◽  
Rule Breaking ◽  
Overreactive Parenting

AbstractThis study examined trajectories of aggression and rule breaking during the transition from childhood to adolescence (ages 9–15), and determined whether these trajectories were predicted by lower order personality facets, overreactive parenting, and their interaction. At three time points separated by 2-year intervals, mothers and fathers reported on their children's aggression and rule breaking (N = 290, M age = 8.8 years at Time 1). At Time 1, parents reported on their children's personality traits and their own overreactivity. Growth mixture modeling identified three aggression trajectories (low decreasing, high decreasing, and high increasing) and two rule-breaking trajectories (low and high). Lower optimism and compliance and higher energy predicted trajectories for both aggression and rule breaking, whereas higher expressiveness and irritability and lower orderliness and perseverance were unique risk factors for increasing aggression into adolescence. Lower concentration was a unique risk factor for increasing rule breaking. Parental overreactivity predicted higher trajectories of aggression but not rule breaking. Only two Trait × Overreactivity interactions were found. Our results indicate that personality facets could differentiate children at risk for different developmental trajectories of aggression and rule breaking.

Developmental trajectories of anxious and depressive problems during the transition from childhood to adolescence: Personality × Parenting interactions

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (4pt1) ◽  
pp. 1077-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Prinzie ◽  
Leanthe V. van Harten ◽  
Maja Deković ◽  
Alithe L. van den Akker ◽  
Rebecca L. Shiner
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Growth Mixture Modeling ◽  
Mixture Modeling ◽  
Class Membership ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Growth Mixture ◽  
Personality Facets ◽  
Overreactive Parenting

AbstractThis study examined separate developmental trajectories of anxious and depressive symptoms from childhood to adolescence (9–15 years) in a community-based sample (N= 290). At three measurement points, mothers and fathers reported on their children's anxious and depressive symptoms, and at Time 1 they reported on lower order child personality facets and on their parenting. By means of growth mixture modeling, three developmental trajectories were identified for anxious symptoms: steady low (82%), moderate increasing–decreasing (5.9%), and high declining groups (12.1%). For depressive symptoms, two developmental trajectories were found: steady low (94.1%) and moderate increasing groups (5.9%). Higher shyness, irritability, and altruism predicted membership in more problematic anxious and depressive groups. The personality facets energy, optimism, compliance, and anxiety were unique predictors for class membership for anxious symptoms, and the effects of shyness, irritability, and compliance were moderated by overreactive parenting. Shyness and irritability increased the probability of following the moderate increasing–decreasing anxiety trajectory, but only in the context of high or average levels of overreactive parenting. Compliance increased the probability of following the moderate increasing–decreasing and high decreasing trajectories in the context of high overreactive parenting. Our results indicate that childhood personality facets differentiate trajectories of anxious and depressive symptoms in theoretically compelling ways.

scholarly journals Fifteen-Year Prevalence, Trajectories, and Predictors of Body Dissatisfaction From Adolescence to Middle Adulthood

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1403-1415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley B. Wang ◽  
Ann F. Haynos ◽  
Melanie M. Wall ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Marla E. Eisenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Growth Mixture Modeling ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Mixture Modeling ◽  
Parental Communication ◽  
Growth Mixture ◽  
Weight Growth

Body dissatisfaction is common in adolescence and associated with negative outcomes (e.g., eating disorders). We identified common individual trajectories of body dissatisfaction from midadolescence to adulthood and predictors of divergent patterns. Participants were 1,455 individuals from four waves of Project EAT (Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults), a population-based, 15-year longitudinal study. Aggregate body dissatisfaction increased over 15 years, which was largely attributable to increases in weight. Growth mixture modeling identified four common patterns of body dissatisfaction, revealing nearly 95% of individuals experienced relatively stable body dissatisfaction from adolescence through adulthood. Baseline depression, self-esteem, parental communication/caring, peer dieting, and weight-based teasing predicted differing trajectories. Body dissatisfaction appears largely stable from midadolescence onward. There may be a critical period for body image development during childhood/early adolescence. Clinicians should intervene with clients experiencing body dissatisfaction before it becomes chronic and target depression, self-esteem, parent/child connectedness, and responses to teasing and peer dieting.

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