Personality intervention affects emotional stability and extraversion similarly in older and younger adults.

ABSTRACT: Past research showed that personality traits develop less strongly after younger adulthood, though the underlying processes remain poorly understood, and personality intervention studies scarcely investigated age differences. Also, existing findings are mostly limited to explicit assessments of personality traits (i.e., questionnaires). In this preregistered, multi-method study, we examined associations between changes in personality states and explicit and implicit trait self-concepts of emotional stability and extraversion throughout an 8-week socio-emotional intervention, 3 and 12 months later. The sample consisted of younger and older adults (N = 165, age range = 19-78 years). Findings indicate changes in personality states, explicit self-concepts for both traits, and the implicit self

SUBMITTER: Kuchler G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12647695 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature