Open AccessPersonality Reconsidered: A New Agenda for Aging Research
Author(s) -
Karen Hooker,
Dan P. McAdams
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/58.6.p296
Subject(s) - personality , relevance (law) , psychology , narrative , process (computing) , big five personality traits , action (physics) , life span , personality development , relation (database) , social psychology , epistemology , cognitive psychology , computer science , political science , medicine , law , linguistics , gerontology , physics , database , operating system , quantum mechanics , philosophy
The purpose of this article is to introduce a newly emerging model of personality that integrates structures and processes within a levels-of-analysis framework. This model, labeled the six foci of personality, includes traits, personal action constructs, and life stories as structural components, and it includes states, self-regulation, and self-narration as the parallel process constructs. Conceptual and methodological issues are discussed in relation to this model, and each of the six foci is reviewed for its relevance to personality and aging. It is argued that the model provides a framework so that the research base in each of the six focal areas can be nurtured, solidified, and organized-ultimately contributing to a more integrative, comprehensive understanding of personality and its importance over the life span.
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