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What Accounts for Personality Maturation in Early Adulthood?
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During early adulthood, individuals tend to increase in personality traits that mark greater social maturity. The compelling question is why most young adults change in the direction of greater maturity. Recently, this question has been addressed by a diverse array of research, ranging from behavioral-genetic to prospective longitudinal and cross-cultural studies. The present article reviews the new insights gained from these studies, discusses their implications for two theoretical accounts of personality-trait development, and highlights challenges for future research.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bleidorn, W.
- Affiliations
- Tilburg University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Bleidorn, Wiebke
- ORCID
- Bleidorn, Wiebke
- Venue
- Current Directions in Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-06
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 245-252
- ISSN
- 0963-7214 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8721
- OpenAlex
- W2215561766
- Cited by
- 153
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 6
- FWCI
- 17.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Directions in Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- Research portal (Tilburg University) (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Ego Development and Educational Practices
- Keywords
- personality maturation, early adulthood, personality development, social maturity, personality traits, behavioral genetics, longitudinal development, cross-cultural comparison
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