Gender differences in the Big Five personality development: A longitudinal investigation from late adolescence to emerging adulthood |
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| Authors: | Michele Vecchione Guido Alessandri Claudio Barbaranelli Gianvittorio Caprara |
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| Institution: | 1. Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK;2. Norwegian Business School (BI), Nydalveien, Olso, Norway;1. Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, PR China;2. Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California Irvine, USA;3. Center for Psychological Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;4. Strategy and Research Department, Zhejiang Big Data Exchange Center, PR China;1. Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany;2. Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN), Kiel, Germany;3. Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany;4. University of Oxford, UK;5. Freie Universität Berlin, Germany;6. German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany;7. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany;8. Berlin University of Technology (TUB), Germany |
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| Abstract: | The present study aims to investigate gender differences in the mean-level change of the Big Five from late adolescence to emerging adulthood. We analyzed longitudinal self-report data from 192 males and 211 females, using multigroup Latent Growth Modeling. Gender differences were found in the shape of the trajectory, as well as in the mean and in the variance of the growth curve parameters (i.e. the initial level and the rate of change). At time 1 (Age 16), females scored significantly higher on measures of Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness. Males, in contrast, scored higher than females on a measure of Emotional stability. In both males and females, Conscientiousness and Openness increased linearly from age 16 to age 20, whereas Energy/Extraversion remained stable. Emotional stability slightly increased in males and remained stable in females. Agreeableness increased linearly in males and showed a quadratic trend in females, first increasing and then declining over time. Finally, females showed higher interindividual variability than males on the trajectories of Conscientiousness and Emotional stability. |
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