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Long‐Term Stability and Change in Personality: An Introduction
Author(s) -
West Stephen G.,
Graziano William G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1989.tb00479.x
Subject(s) - personality , psychology , stability (learning theory) , term (time) , personality development , work (physics) , social psychology , big five personality traits , cognitive psychology , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , machine learning , mechanical engineering , engineering
The purpose of this special issue is to foster an examination of recent work on long‐term stability and change in personality Classic and recent research on long‐term stability of personality is presented Personal transitions are examined as an opportunity for studying continuity and change Some recent metatheoretical and theoretical perspectives on stability and change are presented Finally, several Innovative methodological and statistical approaches to the study of stability and change are considered