Research has recently demonstrated that the personalities of some indi
viduals are more accurately judged than others, and that these ''judga
ble'' persons possess a coherent and identifiable personality structur
e (Colvin, 1993). In this article, four indices of judgability, based
on personality descriptions provided by trained examiners, friends, an
d self, were derived when subjects were 18 and 23 years of age. A reli
able composite of the four indices was related to adolescent and child
hood personality ratings. The results reveal (a) rank-order stability
of judgability from age 18 to age 23, (b) that adolescent ego resilien
cy predicts judgability in early adulthood, and (c) that adolescent eg
o resiliency mediates the relationship between childhood personality a
nd young-adult judgability, but only for men. Observed gender differen
ces and similarities are discussed. Overall, the convergence between t
he results from this study and previous research provides evidence for
the construct validity of judgability.