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A Longitudinal Study of Personality Change in Young Adulthood
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The present research examined personality continuity and change in a sample of young men and women assessed at the beginning and end of college. Two‐hundred seventy students completed measures of the Big Five personality traits when they first entered college and then four years later. Analyses indicate small‐ to medium‐sized normative (i.e., mean‐level) changes, large rank‐order stability correlations, high levels of stability in personality structure, and moderate levels of ipsative (i.e. profile) stability. Overall, the findings are consistent with the perspective that personality traits exhibits considerable continuity over time, yet can change in systematic ways.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Robins, R. W., Fraley, R. C., Roberts, B. W., & Trzesniewski, K. H.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2001-08
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 617-640
- ISSN
- 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6494
- OpenAlex
- W2024718301
- Cited by
- 633
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 13.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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