Personality Trait Change Across Late Childhood to Young Adulthood: Evidence for Nonlinearity and Sex Differences in Change |
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| Authors: | C Emily Durbin Brian M Hicks Daniel M Blonigen Wendy Johnson William G Iacono Matt McGue |
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| Institution: | 1. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA;2. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;3. Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA;4. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;5. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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| Abstract: | We explored patterns of self‐reported personality trait change across late childhood through young adulthood in a sample assessed up to four times on the lower order facets of Positive Emotionality, Negative Emotionality (NEM), and Constraint (CON). Multilevel modelling analyses were used to describe both group‐ and individual‐level change trajectories across this time span. There was evidence for nonlinear age‐related change in most traits, and substantial individual differences in change for all traits. Gender differences were detected in the change trajectories for several facets of NEM and CON. Findings add to the literature on personality development by demonstrating robust nonlinear change in several traits across late childhood to young adulthood, as well as deviations from normative patterns of maturation at the earliest ages. Copyright © 2015 European Association of Personality Psychology |
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| Keywords: | development of personality personality scales and inventories sex differences |
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