This review offers a theoretical and practical guide to assessing a broad range of personality
differences in middle childhood and adolescence. We begin by highlighting normative …

A long-standing conundrum is whether age differences in personality are due to generation,
or internal change with age. Using a representative sample from The Netherlands (N= 1599; …

Values serve as guiding principles, motivating specific behaviors, and actions. Peers spend
a considerable amount of time together, thus offering a unique platform for the acquisition …

Personal values have a key role in determining people's perceptions, judgments, and
behaviors. Only a handful of studies examined determinants of children's values outside the …

Previous studies have used cross-sectional or short-term longitudinal data, resulting in a
truncated view of a phenomenon unfolding across the lifespan. We find that, contrary to the …

Climate change skepticism hampers individual and societal transitions to a more
sustainable way of life. Unfortunately, little is known about its emergence and early …

Objective We examined changes in value interrelations during middle childhood. In line with
the Personal Values Theory, we expected a value system, with individuals similarly valuing …

Values, abstract motivational goals—guides for the right and wrong, the desirable and
undesirable—relate to many important attitudes and behaviors. Although meaningful …

Objective This study tested the effect of personal values (motivation) and sustained attention
(cognitive ability) on children's helping behavior. Method Children (N= 162, age range 8–9 …

There has been little research on the relationships between children's personal values and
the behaviors that express such values in the school context. In the present study, we …