Age differences in personality during adult years.

Abstract

The present review is concerned with the changes beyond the age of 20 in interests, aversions, attitudes, opinions, personality, adjustment, motivations, aspirations, and life philosophy. A bibliography of 135 items is included.

Changes in goals with adult increasing age.

“…At these ages about a quarter mention a hope to be in some kind of work other than education. 4 Such vocational restlessness in the late 30's or early 40's is often assumed to exist but does not show up in general labor turnover statistics. It may characterize only the professional and business group.…”

“…Although it is possible to infer certain adult age changes in goals and motivations from the general literature relating to changes in adjustment, personality, interests, and attitudes during maturity and old age [4], there is almost a complete absence of direct data on goals or purposes characterizing different adult ages beyond twenty. The present paper presents certain evidence that not only bears rather directly on this issue but shows marked age trends during the adult years.…”

Correlates of Counseling Effectiveness in Employment Interviewers

“…For example, a substantial body of accumulating research evidence indicates that as people get older, they become more rigid (Riegel & Riegel, 1960;Schaie, 1958;Taylor, 1955). In addition, a number of studies have been summarized by Kuhlen (1945) and Pressey and Kuhlen (1957) which generally, but not with perfect consistency, support the generalization that increased age is associated with typically more oldfashioned practices and a tendency to maintain the status quo.…”

Rorschach responses related to vocational interests and job satisfaction.

“…Job satisfaction has been discovered to be associated with: occupational level (53), a sense of fulfillment in constructive work (13), and the fulfillment of the social demands of the individual (48). The evidence has been conflicting on the relationship of age to job satisfaction (30). No one single factor or group of factors operated alone in creating satisfaction, but it has been recognized that workers reacted to their understanding of the whole situation (29).…”