Journal article
On the temporal stability of personality: evidence for differential stability and the role of life experiences
Journal of personality and social psychology, Vol.83(6), pp.1469-1484
12/2002
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.83.6.1469
PMID: 12500825
Abstract
The authors investigated the stability of personality and trait affect in young adults. In Studies 1 and 2, young adults were retested on a Big Five personality measure and a trait affect inventory over a 2.5-year and a 2-month period, respectively. Results from Study 1 point to positive mean-level changes; participants scored higher on Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness at Time 2. Affectively, participants experienced less negative affect and more positive affect at Time 2. Results from both retests provide clear evidence of differential stability. Affective traits were consistently less stable than the Big Five. Other analyses suggest that life events influence the stability of affective traits more than the Big Five.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- On the temporal stability of personality: evidence for differential stability and the role of life experiences
- Creators
- Jatin G Vaidya - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242-1407, USA. jatin-vaidya@uiowa.eduElizabeth K GrayJeffrey HaigDavid Watson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of personality and social psychology, Vol.83(6), pp.1469-1484
- DOI
- 10.1037/0022-3514.83.6.1469
- PMID
- 12500825
- NLM abbreviation
- J Pers Soc Psychol
- ISSN
- 0022-3514
- eISSN
- 1939-1315
- Publisher
- United States
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2002
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; University College Courses
- Record Identifier
- 9984003922602771
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