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Personality Development and Growth in Women Across 30 Years: Three Perspectives

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Roberts, Brent W., Helson, Ravenna, Klohnen, Eva C.·2002·Journal of Personality

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This article addressesthree questions about personality development in a 30‐year longitudinal study of women (N = 78): (1) To what extent did the women maintain the same position inrelation to each other on personality characteristics over the 30 years, and what broad factorswere related to the amount of change in their rank order? (2) Did the sample as a whole increaseor decrease over time on indices of personality growth, and did they change in ways distinctive towomen? (3) Were experiential factors associated with individual differences in the amount ofchange? Results showed that personality was quite consistent while also showing that timeinterval was positively related to rank‐order change and age was negatively related to rank‐orderchange. Over the period from age 21 to age 52, the women increased on measures ofnorm‐orientation and complexity and showed changes on measures of Dominance andFemininity/Masculinity consistent with the hypothesis that changing sex roles would lead toincreases in Dominance and increases, then decreases, in Femininity/Masculinity. A third set ofresults showed that changes in Dominance and Femininity/Masculinity were associated with lifecircumstances such as marital tension, divorce, and participation in the paid labor force. Theimplications of the findings for personality development and growth are discussed.

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Authors
Roberts, B. W., Helson, R., & Klohnen, E. C.
Affiliations
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
  • University of Iowa (US)
Venue
Journal of Personality
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2002-02
Volume
70
Issue
1
Pages
79-102
ISSN
  • 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-6494
OpenAlex
W2044247072
Cited by
172
References
28
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 42 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 12
FWCI
8.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH 43948, R01MH043948)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Ego Development and Educational Practices
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
Keywords
personality development, women, longitudinal change, rank-order stability, personality consistency, complexity, dominance, gender roles, marital tension, divorce, living conditions
MeSH terms
Adult, Aging, Analysis of Variance, California, Employment, Family Characteristics, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Life Change Events, Longitudinal Studies, Middle Aged, Personality Development, Women, Multivariate Analysis

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