Hierarchical linear modeling analyses of the NEO-PI-R Scales in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.

Terracciano, Antonio; McCrae, Robert R.; Brant, Larry J.; Costa, Paul T.

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“…Recent reports find no evidence for gender differences in rates of mean level personality changes across the lifespan (Roberts et al, 2006;Terracciano et al, 2005); thus one would not expect the relative differences between men and women's mean levels of these traits to change in older age. A supplementary aim was to test whether some previously reported findings at the level of more specific components of FFM domains would be replicable.…”

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Gender differences in Five Factor Model personality traits in an elderly cohort

Chapman¹,

Duberstein

Sörensen

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Personality and Individual Differences

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In college and adult samples, women score higher then men on the Five Factor Model (FFM) personality traits of Neuroticism and Agreeableness. The present study assessed the extent to which these gender differences held in a sample of 486 older adults, ranging in age from 65-98 (M = 75, SD = 6.5), using the NEO-Five Factor Inventory. Mean and Covariance Structure models testing gender differences at the level of latent traits revealed higher levels of Neuroticism (d = .52) and Agreeableness (d = .35) in older women than older men. The consistency of these findings with prior work in younger samples attests to the stability of gender differentiation on Neuroticism and Agreeableness across the lifespan. Gender differences on these traits should be considered in personality research among older, as well as middle age and younger adults. KeywordsGender Differences; Personality Traits; Older Adults; Five Factor Model Women score higher on the Five Factor Model (FFM) traits of Neuroticism and Agreeableness (Costa, Terracciano & McCrae 2001). The former reflects distress proneness and propensities toward the experience of a variety of negative affects, while the latter reflects amicability, altruism, trust, tendermindedness, and compliance. Gender differences on these traits are of medium magnitude: Costa and colleague's comprehensive study showed US adult women scored .51 SD higher on Neuroticism and .59 SD higher on Agreeableness. Costa et al. replicated this pattern of gender differences across 26 different nations in data comprising over 23,000 individuals. These findings cannot easily be attributed to self-report artifacts, as McCrae and colleagues (2005) have replicated them in observer reports of FFM traits across 50 cultures. Goodwin and Gotlib (2004) replicated the Neuroticism and Agreeableness findings in a nationally representative sample using a brief trait-adjective measure of the lexical Big Five (cf. also Goldberg et al., 1998), suggesting these gender differences are not a sole function of

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Gender differences in Five Factor Model personality traits in an elderly cohort

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Sörensen

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Personality and Individual Differences

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“…The development of Openness has shown a curvilinear pattern, increasing in early adulthood and decreasing in old age (Roberts et al, 2006; cf. for younger individuals, Lüdtke et al, in press, and for older individuals, Terracciano et al, 2005).…”

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“…Most studies show an increase in Emotional Stability with increasing age (Bleidorn et al, 2009;Lucas & Donnellan, 2009;Lüdtke, Roberts, Trautwein, & Nagy, in press;Neyer & Asendorpf, 2001;Neyer & Lehnart, 2007;Roberts et al, 2006;Soto, John, Gosling, & Potter, 2011;Terracciano, McCrae, Brant, & Costa, 2005), an increase in Conscientiousness (Lucas & Donnellan, 2009;Lüdtke et al, in press;Neyer & Asendorpf, 2001;Neyer & Lehnart, 2007;Roberts et al, 2006;Soto et al, 2011) in some studies followed by a decrease in advanced old age (Terracciano et al, 2005), and stability or an increase in Agreeableness (Bleidorn et al, 2009;Lucas & Donnellan, 2009;Lüdtke et al, in press;Neyer & Asendorpf, 2001;Neyer & Lehnart, 2007;Roberts et al, 2006, Soto et al, 2011Terracciano et al, 2005). There have been mixed results for Extraversion, with the facet Social Vitality decreasing and the facet Social Dominance increasing with age (Roberts et al, 2006).…”

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Stability and change of personality across the life course: The impact of age and major life events on mean-level and rank-order stability of the Big Five.

Specht

Egloff

Schmukle

2011

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…Cross-sectional and longitudinal research in the field of personality development has shown that personality traits can change over longer time periods and continue to change in adulthood into old age (Allemand, Zimprich, & Hertzog, 2007;Lucas & Donnellan, 2011;Roberts, Walton, & Viechtbauer, 2006;Terracciano, McCrae, Brant, & Costa, 2005). In general, personality trait changes are small in magnitude with respect to specific age periods.…”

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Changing personality traits: Some considerations from psychotherapy process-outcome research for intervention efforts on intentional personality change.

Allemand

Flückiger

2017

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

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There is a recent debate in the field of personality development whether and how personality traits can be modified or changed over short periods of time. Whereas traditional positions highlight the relative stability of personality traits in adulthood, recent research investigates intentional personality trait change, that is, desires and attempts to change personality traits. The main goal of the present article is to connect recent activities and intervention efforts in personality psychology with psychotherapy process-outcome research. More specifically, we argue that 4 empirically derived common change factors in psychotherapy research might provide some useful heuristic principles for personality change interventions in normal population that do not particularly suffer from personality disorders. We discuss the implications of the use of these principles to change personality traits and suggest some ideas for future research and practice. There is a recent debate in the field of personality development whether and how personality traits can be modified or changed over short periods of time. Whereas traditional positions highlight the relative stability of personality traits in adulthood, recent research investigates intentional personality trait change, that is, desires and attempts to change personality traits. The main goal of the present paper is to connect recent activities and intervention efforts in personality psychology with psychotherapy process-outcome research. More specifically, we argue that four empirically derived common change factors in psychotherapy research might provide some useful heuristic principles for personality change interventions in normal population that do not particularly suffer from personality disorders. We discuss the implications of the use of these principles to change personality traits and suggest some ideas for future research and practice.

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Hierarchical linear modeling analyses of the NEO-PI-R Scales in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.

Cited by 461 publications

References 75 publications

Gender differences in Five Factor Model personality traits in an elderly cohort

Gender differences in Five Factor Model personality traits in an elderly cohort

Stability and change of personality across the life course: The impact of age and major life events on mean-level and rank-order stability of the Big Five.

Changing personality traits: Some considerations from psychotherapy process-outcome research for intervention efforts on intentional personality change.

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