Personality change across the life span: Insights from a cross-cultural, longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Personality traits are characterized by both stability and change across the life span. Many of the mechanisms hypothesized to cause personality change (e.g., the timing of various social roles, physical health, and cultural values) differ considerably across culture. Moreover, personality consistency is valued highly in Western societies, but less so in non-Western societies. Few studies have examined how personality changes differently across cultures.

Method

We employed a multilevel modeling approach to examine age-related changes in Big Five personality traits in two large panel studies of Americans (n = 6,259; M_age  = 46.85; 52.5% female) and Japanese (n = 1,021; M_age  = 54.28; 50.9% female). Participants filled out personality measures t

SUBMITTER: Chopik WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5742083 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature