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Personality trait stability and change

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Bleidorn, Wiebke
Hopwood, Christopher J.
Back, Mitja D.
Denissen, Jaap J. A.
Hennecke, Marie
Hill, Patrick L.
Jokela, Markus
Kandler, Christian
Lucas, Richard E.
Luhmann, Maike
Orth, Ulrich
Roberts, Brent W.
Wagner, Jenny
Wrzus, Cornelia
Zimmermann, Johannes

Abstract / Description

Personality traits continue to change throughout the lifespan. However, we still know little about when, why, and how personality traits change. In this paper, we review the current state of scientific evidence regarding the nature, sources, and processes of personality trait stability and change. We revisit past disputes over the relative importance of genetic and environmental influences, discuss studies on life events and personality trait development, and summarize theory and research on personality change processes. In doing so, we derive general principles of personality trait development, highlight limitations of past research, and present the broad outlines for future research on personality trait development, with a particular emphasis on relevant methodological issues and conceptual challenges.

Keyword(s)

personality development longitudinal Big Five lifespan personality processes traits

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Date of first publication

2021-06-21

Journal title

Personality Science

Volume

2

Article number

Article e6009

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

Publication status

publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Bleidorn, W., Hopwood, C. J., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., Hennecke, M., Hill, P. L., Jokela, M., Kandler, C., Lucas, R. E., Luhmann, M., Orth, U., Roberts, B. W., Wagner, J., Wrzus, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2021). Personality trait stability and change. Personality Science, 2, Article e6009. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.6009
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Bleidorn, Wiebke
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Hopwood, Christopher J.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Back, Mitja D.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Denissen, Jaap J. A.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Hennecke, Marie
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Hill, Patrick L.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Jokela, Markus
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Kandler, Christian
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Lucas, Richard E.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Luhmann, Maike
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Orth, Ulrich
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Roberts, Brent W.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Wagner, Jenny
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Wrzus, Cornelia
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Zimmermann, Johannes
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-04-14T11:25:09Z
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    2022-04-14T11:25:09Z
  • Date of first publication
    2021-06-21
  • Abstract / Description
    Personality traits continue to change throughout the lifespan. However, we still know little about when, why, and how personality traits change. In this paper, we review the current state of scientific evidence regarding the nature, sources, and processes of personality trait stability and change. We revisit past disputes over the relative importance of genetic and environmental influences, discuss studies on life events and personality trait development, and summarize theory and research on personality change processes. In doing so, we derive general principles of personality trait development, highlight limitations of past research, and present the broad outlines for future research on personality trait development, with a particular emphasis on relevant methodological issues and conceptual challenges.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Bleidorn, W., Hopwood, C. J., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., Hennecke, M., Hill, P. L., Jokela, M., Kandler, C., Lucas, R. E., Luhmann, M., Orth, U., Roberts, B. W., Wagner, J., Wrzus, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2021). Personality trait stability and change. Personality Science, 2, Article e6009. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.6009
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  • ISSN
    2700-0710
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5722
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6326
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.6009
  • Keyword(s)
    personality development
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  • Keyword(s)
    longitudinal
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  • Keyword(s)
    Big Five
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  • Keyword(s)
    lifespan
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  • Keyword(s)
    personality processes
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  • Keyword(s)
    traits
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Personality trait stability and change
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Article number
    Article e6009
  • Journal title
    Personality Science
  • Volume
    2
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    en_US