Examining Mechanisms of Personality Maturation: The Impact of Life Satisfaction on the Development of the Big Five Personality Traits

Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan C.

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“…Health is an important life domain in adulthood that may become particularly important as individuals move toward old age. There is a large literature on the links between personality, well-being, and health from a lifespan perspective (see Available studies have examined change associations with respect to self-reported subjective health (Letzring, Edmonds, & Hampson, 2014;Mund & Neyer, in press;Small et al, 2003), health-related behaviors (Takahashi, Edmonds, Jackson, & Roberts, 2013), subjective well-being (Specht, Egloff, & Schmukle, 2013;Soto, 2015;Watson & Humrichouse, 2006), and depression (Chow & Roberts, 2014). One of the first studies examined change associations between the Big Five traits and self-reported health in adults aged 55 to 85 years over 6 years (Small et al, 2003).…”

Section: Big Five Personality Traits and Other Domainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

On Correlated Change in Personality

Allemand

Martin

2016

European Psychologist

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Correlated change in personality is essential to understanding change and development. It refers to the question of whether and to what degree changes in personality are interrelated over time within and between individuals. Compared to the longstanding literature on personality development, relatively less research has focused on correlated change in personality. The main goal of this paper is thus to discuss the potential of this concept for the field of personality development. First, we define correlated change and propose a categorization framework with multiple dimensions. Second, we discuss several theoretical concepts of correlated change that help understand the patterns, causes, and mechanisms underlying correlated change in personality. Third, we briefly describe several statistical approaches to modeling correlated change. Fourth, we summarize previous research on correlated change in personality. We focus our research on (a) correlated change within the Big Five personality traits, and (b) between the Big Five personality traits and three domains of life. Finally, we conclude by discussing challenges and future directions of the concept for the field of personality development.

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Section: Big Five Personality Traits and Other Domainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

On Correlated Change in Personality

Allemand

Martin

2016

European Psychologist

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“…From a meta-analysis, Roberts et al (2003) conclude that Conscientiousness and Agreeableness increase throughout adulthood, whereas Neuroticism decreases; this is understood as personality maturation in response to age-related norms and adult role-expectations (see also Caspi et al 2005;Specht et al 2012). However, no overall change patterns were found for Extraversion and Openness.…”

Section: Stability and Change In Personality Traitsmentioning

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“…The malleability of personality characteristics is mostly pronounced at younger and older ages, but also influenced by the experience of critical life events such as child birth or unemployment (Roberts et al 2006;Specht et al 2011). Most studies report only mean-level and rank-order changes across different age groups, while research focusing on intra-individual changes in personality over the life course is scarce, and if available only span short time periods (Specht et al 2012;Wortman et al 2012). For LoC "[t]he average sense of control rises with education, earnings, income, employment, occupational status, job autonomy, and status of origin."…”

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The Type to Train? Impacts of Personality Characteristics on Further Training Participation

Offerhaus¹

2013

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions.

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“…Several studies have reported relationships between personality traits and LS (Boyce et al, 2013, Mroczek and Spiro, 2005and Specht et al, 2013. For instance, extraversion (E), conscientiousness (C), and agreeableness (A) are positively associated with LS, with neuroticism (N) inversely associated with LS (Mroczek & Spiro, 2005); openness to experience (O) is not a consistent correlate of LS (Heller, Watson, & Illies, 2004).…”

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Personality trait change and life satisfaction in adults: The roles of age and hedonic balance

Magee¹,

Miller²,

Heaven³

2013

Personality and Individual Differences

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This paper examines whether changes in personality traits influenced life satisfaction (LS). This involved investigating whether these associations were moderated by age and mediated by hedonic balance (i.e., positive and negative affect). Participants included 11,104 Australian adults aged 18-79. years, with data available from two time points (baseline and 4-year follow up). Latent difference score modeling indicated that increased neuroticism was associated with lower LS, whereas increased extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness were associated with higher LS. These relationships were moderated by age, and were less evident in older adults. Hedonic balance partially mediated the relationships between change in neuroticism and extraversion with LS. These findings provide important insights into longitudinal associations between personality change and LS. Abstract This paper examines whether changes in personality traits influenced life satisfaction (LS).This involved investigating whether these associations were moderated by age and mediated by hedonic balance (i.e., positive and negative affect). Participants included 11,104Australian adults aged 18-79 years, with data available from two time points (baseline and 4-year follow up). Latent difference score modeling indicated that increased neuroticism was associated with lower LS, whereas increased extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness were associated with higher LS. These relationships were moderated by age, and were less evident in older adults. Hedonic balance partially mediated the relationships between change in neuroticism and extraversion with LS. These findings provide important insights into longitudinal associations between personality change and LS.2

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Examining Mechanisms of Personality Maturation: The Impact of Life Satisfaction on the Development of the Big Five Personality Traits

Cited by 44 publications

References 53 publications

On Correlated Change in Personality

On Correlated Change in Personality

The Type to Train? Impacts of Personality Characteristics on Further Training Participation

Personality trait change and life satisfaction in adults: The roles of age and hedonic balance

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