ABSTRACT
Empirical findings supporting the assumptions about different developmental paths were presented in the two-dimensional scheme, as well as the results with regards to the relationships between personality profiles and psychological functioning. This chapter summarizes empirical findings on connections between individual differences in personality and social functioning with psychological functioning. Connections of the participants' social functioning with their socioemotional behavior in childhood and adolescence, and with their lifestyles and personality traits in adulthood, were analyzed in many studies, although not systematically across domains and time. The comparisons that were available showed that successful functioning was associated with constructive and compliant behaviors in childhood and extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness in adulthood. functioning. In the domains of family and care, successful social functioning was found in the participant's relationship with his/her partner and in child-rearing. In the domains of health good self-assessed health was associated with the Resilient personality profile in adulthood characterized by high conscientiousness.
