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Transition from the Early 40s to the Early 50s in Sell‐Directed Women
Author(s) -
Wink Paul
Publication year - 1996
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.1467-6494.1996.tb00814.x
Subject(s) - boredom , personality , psychology , autonomy , impulse (physics) , agency (philosophy) , social psychology , impulsivity , clinical psychology , sociology , political science , social science , physics , quantum mechanics , law
How does personality type moderate personality change in middle age? Answers to this question were sought with three observer‐based measures of self‐directedness (autonomy, hypersensitivity, and willfulness) scored from the California Q‐set when the participants in the Mills longitudinal study were age 43. From their early 40s to early 50s, high scorers on autonomy (healthy self‐directedness) increased on California Psychological Inventory measures of impulse control and agency, and continued their involvement in high‐status occupational careers. Despite increases in impulse control, the hypersensitive women had not increased in agency and expressed boredom in major social roles. In their early 50s, high scorers on willfulness increased in agency but not impulse control. In social roles, they perceived themselves as stimulating and creative.