Abstract
The study of normal childhood personality development is striking by its' relative absence from the literature. At the other ends of the developmental spectrum infant temperament and late adolescent personality disorder are well described. Some links are suggested in the literature between normal personality traits in adulthood and psychosocial adjustment. However, it is not known if or to what extent there are links between infant temperamental types and various childhood personality traits for normal children, although developmental trajectories for children ‘en route’ to antisocial personality disorder have been described. Earlier identification of a range of positive and negative personality traits in childhood would allow adaptive, positive traits to be encouraged and negative, antisocial or interpersonal traits to be curtailed through specially adapted parenting interventions. Concerns about children acquiring personality trait ‘labels’ should be balanced against the benefits of building on their strengths.
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