Personality Development in Emerging Adulthood-How the Perception of Life Events and Mindset Affect Personality Trait Change.

ABSTRACT: Personality changes throughout the life course and change is often caused by environmental influences, such as critical life events. In the present study, we investigate personality trait development in emerging adulthood as a result of experiencing two major life events: graduating from school and moving away from home. Thereby, we examined the occurrence of the two life events per se and the subjective perception of the critical life event in terms of valence. In addition, we postulate a moderation effect of the construct of mindset, which emphasizes that beliefs over the malleability of global attributes can be seen as predictors of resilience to challenges. This suggests that mindset acts as a buffer for these two distinct events. In a large longitudinal sample of 1,243 people e

SUBMITTER: De Vries JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8256263 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature