Ethnicity, education, and the temporal stability of personality traits in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study |
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| Authors: | Corinna E. L ckenhoff, Antonio Terracciano, O. Joseph Bienvenu, Nicholas S. Patriciu, Gerald Nestadt, Robert R. McCrae, William W. Eaton,Paul T. Costa Jr. |
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| Affiliation: | aLaboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, United States;bDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States;cJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, United States |
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| Abstract: | We examined the influence of age, gender, Black vs. White ethnicity, and education on five indices of personality stability and change across an average interval of 8 years in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study. In the full sample (n = 505, aged 30–88), examination of structural, rank-order, ipsative, and mean level stability, as well as indices of reliable change suggested that NEO-PI-R personality traits showed moderate to high levels of stability over time. There were few age and gender effects on temporal stability but rank-order, ipsative, and mean level stability were lower among Blacks and individuals with lower education. Future research should explore additional demographic predictors of temporal plasticity in a diverse range of samples, and employ observer ratings to assess personality. |
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| Keywords: | Personality Five-Factor Model Temporal stability indices Demographics Ethnicity Education Age Epidemiologic Catchment Area |
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