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Author: Matsuba, M. Kyle
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1. Atkins, Robert L.
Matsuba, M. Kyle
Association of Personality and the Likelihood of Serious Unintentional Injury During Childhood
Journal of Pediatric Nursing 23,6 (December 2008): 451-459
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Health; Child Health; Children, Temperament; Children, Well-Being; Control; Injuries; Self-Control/Self-Regulation; Temperament; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT

In this study a survival analysis was conducted to examine whether childhood personality was associated with the likelihood and the timing of an unintentional injury requiring hospitalization or medical attention before the age of 13. Maternal ratings of childhood personality (at 5 or 6 years of age) were used to derive resiliency, undercontrol, and overcontrol prototypical profile scores for a diverse sample of 1,013 child participants from the child sample of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. A significant inverse association was found between likelihood of childhood unintentional injury and the overcontrolled prototype score. The findings are interpreted in light of their implications for researchers and health care practitioners interested in improving the health and well-being of children and adolescents.
Bibliography Citation
Atkins, Robert L. and M. Kyle Matsuba. "Association of Personality and the Likelihood of Serious Unintentional Injury During Childhood." Journal of Pediatric Nursing 23,6 (December 2008): 451-459.
2. Hart, Daniel
Atkins, Robert L.
Matsuba, M. Kyle
The Association of Neighborhood Poverty with Personality Change in Childhood
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 94,6 (June 2008): 1048-1061.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022351408600795
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Development; Children, Poverty; Head Start; Home Environment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Inner-City; Neighborhood Effects; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Poverty; Temperament

The child sample of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (n.d.) was analyzed to examine the relation of undesirable personality change in early childhood to neighborhood economic deprivation. Participants in the survey who had complete data at Time 1 (3-4 years of age) and Time 2 (5-6 years of age) and who remained in the same neighborhood during both time periods were included in the analyses. The results indicated that neighborhood economic disadvantage was associated with undesirable personality change even after controlling for family-level variables such as maternal education, family income, and cognitive and emotional support in the home environment for children. The association of personality change with neighborhood economic deprivation was not mediated by maternal depression, Head Start participation, cognitive and emotional support in the home, or maternal trust in the neighborhood. The authors discuss recommendations for future investigations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Bibliography Citation
Hart, Daniel, Robert L. Atkins and M. Kyle Matsuba. "The Association of Neighborhood Poverty with Personality Change in Childhood." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 94,6 (June 2008): 1048-1061.