Open AccessBig Five personality development in adolescence and adulthood
Author(s) -
Branje Susan J. T.,
van Lieshout Cornelis F. M.,
Gerris Jan R. M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.839
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1099-0984
pISSN - 0890-2070
DOI - 10.1002/per.596
Subject(s) - agreeableness , conscientiousness , psychology , hierarchical structure of the big five , extraversion and introversion , openness to experience , personality , big five personality traits , developmental psychology , big five personality traits and culture , personality development , alternative five model of personality , facet (psychology) , social psychology
The present article examines Big Five personality development across adolescence and middle adulthood. Two adolescents and their fathers and mothers from 285 Dutch families rated their own and their family members' personality. Using accelerated longitudinal growth curve analyses, mean level change in Big Five factors was estimated. For boys, Extraversion and Openness decreased and for girls, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness increased. Whereas mothers' Emotional Stability and Conscientiousness increased, fathers' Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Emotional Stability decreased. Differences in self‐ and other‐reported personality change were found, as well as interindividual differences in personality change. Results confirm that personality change is possible across the life course but these changes are not similar for all individuals and depend on the type of observer. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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