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Personality development across the life span: Longitudinal analyses with a national sample from Germany.

Lucas, Richard E., Donnellan, M. Brent·2011·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/a0024298
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Longitudinal data from a national sample of Germans (N = 20,434) were used to evaluate stability and change in the Big Five personality traits. Participants completed a brief measure of personality twice, 4 years apart. Structural equation modeling techniques were used to establish measurement invariance over time and across age groups. Substantive questions about differential (or rank-order) and mean-level stability and change were then evaluated. Results showed that differential stability was relatively strong among all age groups but that it increased among young adults, peaked in later life, and then declined among the oldest old. Patterns of mean-level change showed that Extraversion and Openness declined over the life span, whereas Agreeableness increased. Mean levels of Conscientiousness increased among young adults and then decreased among older adults. Trajectories for Neuroticism were relatively flat, with slight increases during middle age and a slight decline in late life.

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Authors
Lucas, R. E., & Donnellan, M. B.
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2011-10
Volume
101
Issue
4
Pages
847-861
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/a0024298
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62
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Type
journal article
Language
en
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