The Association of Childhood Personality Type With Volunteering During Adolescence

摘要: Using a longitudinal design, we investigated the relation of childhood personality type to volunteering during adolescence. We hypothesized that participants with more adaptive functioning would be likely volunteer adolescence and membership in social organizations mediate Participants from National Longitudinal Survey Youth (NLSY) complete data measures for four time periods study were categorized into one three types early childhood. Children assigned resilient than children characterized by overcontrolled undercontrolled 8 10 years later Analyses demonstrated association adolescent is not mediated late-childhood institutions may facilitate entry volunteering. The findings are interpreted terms their implications understanding prosocial behavior.