Social and personality development, 4th ed.

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Parenting Skills and Social–Communicative Competence in Childhood (2003, background): “Even as more genetic markers are discovered, critics argue that this knowledge may still not tell us exactly how or why some individuals may choose to override certain biological tendencies and others do not (e.g., Shaffer, 2000).”
Children's Moral Reasoning Regarding Physical and Relational Aggression (2006, background): “Morality involves one’s capacity to distinguish behaviors that are right and wrong (Quinn, Houts & Graesser, 1994) and moral reasoning entails the thinking processes employed when deciding whether a behavior is morally acceptable (Shaffer, 2000).”
Watch, Share or Create: The Influence of Personality Traits and User Motivation on TikTok Mobile Video Usage (2020, background): “Personality traits represent generally enduring characteristics of individuals that show consistencies over their life and over a wide scope of circumstances [37] [38] which are more likely to reflect personal motives, needs, values, preferences and attributes [18].”
An investigation of Big Five and narrow personality traits in relation to Internet usage (2006, background): “Personality traits represent relatively enduring characteristics of individuals that show consistencies over their lifespans and across a wide range of situations (Pervin & John, 1997; Shaffer, 2000).”