New US research has found that a baby's personality at around 14 months could predict what their character will be like as adults.
Babies and children with this temperament show a cautious, even fearful, behavior toward people, objects, and situations that they don't know, with previous research showing that children with BI are more likely to develop social withdrawal and anxiety disorders than children without BI. The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that the babies who showed BI tended to have a more reserved personality at age 26. They also reported having fewer romantic relationships in the previous ten years, and lower social functioning with friends and family. However, BI was not linked with the participants' education and employment outcomes.
"While many studies link early childhood behavior to risk for psychopathology, the findings in our study are unique," said Daniel Pine, M.D., one of the study's authors."This is because our study assessed temperament very early in life, linking it with outcomes occurring more than 20 years later through individual differences in neural processes."
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