Are uninterested in lavish wealth and luxuries, and feel no special entitlement to elevated social status.” Conversely, those who score well on agreeableness “are lenient in judging others,
Willing to compromise and cooperate with others, and can easily control their temper.” They also “forgive the wrongs that they suffered.”
In each of these categories, middle-aged children performed well. Families with more children also had very high scores.
The two research authors, Michael Ashtona and Kibeom Lee, commented, “It makes sense that having more siblings would require one to cooperate more often rather.
Than act out of selfish preferences.” “The development of cooperative tendencies generally may then be encouraged by this continuing situation.”
