Correlated change of Big Five personality traits across the lifespan: A search for determinants |
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| Authors: | Theo A. Klimstra Wiebke Bleidorn Jens B. Asendorpf Marcel A.G. van Aken Jaap J.A. Denissen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Developmental Psychology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands;2. Department of Psychology, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany;3. Department of Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;1. Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Canada;2. Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore;1. Tilburg University, The Netherlands;2. Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, PO Box 10 01 31, D-33501, Bielefeld, Germany;1. Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Germany;2. Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology and Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Ireland;1. 1 LMU Drive, Dept. of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, United States;2. Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States;1. Department of Psychology, Ithaca College, United States;2. Department of Education and Counseling Psychology, Albany University, United States;3. Department of School Psychology, Alfred University, United States |
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| Abstract: | Correlated change between different personality traits has recently caught the attention of researchers studying personality development. We conducted two studies to examine age effects (Study 1) and effects of cognitive ability (Study 2) on this phenomenon. Results indicated that correlated change was relatively stable from adolescence through adulthood, and then increased after age 70. Second, correlated change was greater among traits that have been linked to the same developmental processes (e.g., social investment or maturation of specific neurological systems). Third, cognitive ability was negatively associated with correlated change. Collectively, our findings suggest that personality change is partly driven by broad mechanisms affecting multiple traits. Associations with age and cognitive ability provide important leads regarding the possible nature of these mechanisms. |
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| Keywords: | Personality development Big Five Correlated change Five-factor model of personality |
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