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Correlates of Wisdom‐Related Performance in Adolescence and Adulthood: Age‐Graded Differences in “Paths” Toward Desirable Development
Author(s) -
Staudinger Ursula M.,
Pasupathi Monisha
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/1532-7795.1303001
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , developmental psychology , adult development , facilitation , big five personality traits , german , personality development , early adulthood , young adult , social psychology , archaeology , neuroscience , history
Across time and cultures, wisdom has been nominated as the ideal endpoint of development. Evidence suggests that the beginnings of wisdom are observed in adolescence. But are the correlates of wisdom‐related performance in adolescence different from those in adulthood because of differences in developmental status? To answer this question, heterogeneous samples of German adolescents ( N =148, 14–20 years) and adults ( N =143, 35–75 years) responded verbally to 2 wisdom‐related tasks and completed a psychometric battery involving measures of intelligence, personality, and the personality–intelligence interface. As predicted, in the adolescent sample intelligence and personality emerged as the strongest unique predictors of wisdom‐related performance. In contrast, in the adult sample the interface measures were the strongest unique predictors. Implications for the facilitation of positive development in adolescence are discussed.