Personality Development From Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Differential Stability, Normative Maturity, and Evidence for the Maturity-Stability Hypothesis

Donnellan, M. Brent; Conger, Rand D.; Burzette, Rebecca G.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00438.x

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“…In sum, our analyses revealed that the longitudinal associations between personality profile stability and adjustment that have been reported in previous studies (Asendorpf & van Aken, 1991;Block, 1971;Clausen, 1991;Donnelan et al, 2007;Lönnqvist et al, 2008;Ozer & Gjerde, 1989;Roberts et al, 2001) are quite likely to be caused by the effect that withintime normativeness has on adjustment. At least in the present study, distinctive stability and adjustment were mostly unrelated to one another, whereas normativeness of personality profiles and adjustment were strongly related.…”

Section: Longitudinal Associations Of Adjustment With Three Componentmentioning

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“…The main purpose of the present study was to examine which component of personality profile stability is responsible for the commonly reported associations with adjustment (Asendorpf & van Aken, 1991;Block, 1971;Clausen, 1991;Donnelan et al, 2007;Lönnqvist et al, 2008;Ozer & Gjerde, 1989;Roberts et al, 2001). To achieve this objective, we examined longitudinal associations of three components of personality profile stability (i.e., overall stability, distinctive stability, and within-time normativeness; Furr,…”

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“…The formation of a stable personality profile is considered an important sign of maturation, as previous studies have shown that personality traits indicating maturity (i.e. constraint, negative and positive emotionality) predict profile similarity Donnelan, Conger, & Burzette, 2007 and T5 for middle to late adolescent boys and girls, respectively). Increases were much larger in early to middle adolescence than in middle to late adolescence.…”

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“…Q-correlations have been examined in several studies on personality development (Asendorpf & van Aken, 1991;Block, 1971;Clausen, 1991;De Fruyt et al, 2006;Donnelan et al, 2007;Lönnqvist et al, 2008;Ozer & Gjerde, 1989;Roberts et al, 2001;Robins, Fraley, Roberts, & Trzesniewski, 2001). …”

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“…Several studies found positive associations between personality profile stability and adjustment (Asendorpf & van Aken, 1991;Block, 1971;Clausen, 1991;Donnelan, Conger, & Burzette, 2007;Lönnqvist, Mäkinen, Paunonen, Henriksson, & Verkasalo, 2008;Ozer & Gjerde, 1989;Roberts et al, 2001). …”

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The dynamics of personality and identity in adolescence

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Portions of this chapter will be published as: Klimstra, T. A., Hale, W. W., Raaijmakers, Q. A. W., Branje, S. J. T., & Meeus, W. H. J. (in press). Personality assessment and maturation. In R. J. R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of adolescence. Heidelberg, Germany: SpringerVerlag. General Introduction 12 Chapter 1. General introductionWhen persons describe themselves, they are typically referring to certain characteristics, such as "outgoing", "nervous", "messy", "friendly" and "creative". Exactly these kinds of characteristics define one's personality. In personality psychology, which focuses on individual differences in the just-mentioned characteristics, there has been a longstanding debate on what would be the most appropriate set of characteristics to describe people by. In the last twenty years, there has been a growing consensus on this issue, as a majority of researchers now agree that personality characteristics can be subsumed in five broad traits: the Big Five (Caspi, Roberts, & Shiner, 2005). These five broad factors are Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Openness to Experience (McCrae & Costa, 1987).Extraversion (as opposed to introversion) refers to being dominant, outgoing and energetic in interpersonal situations. Extraverted individuals tend to enjoy social attention and experience frequent positive moods. Agreeableness encompasses a wide range of characteristics that are all indicative of an individual's competence and willingness to maintain positive and reciprocal relationships with others; in other words, pro-social behavioral tendencies. Conscientiousness refers to personal characteristics indicative of behavioral and cognitive control. Conscientious individuals are neat, orderly, and responsible persons, who have little trouble with dividing their attention in an optimal way. Emotional Stability (as opposed to Neuroticism) is indicative of a person's ability to deal with negative emotions in an effective manner. A person with low levels of Emotional Stability is often insecure, has a tendency to experience negative moods, gets frustrated easily, and is commonly anxious. Openness to Experience refers to a person's style of dealing with new information and opportunities. It comprises aspects such as creativity, imagination, originality, and curiosity.Another aspect of the self that becomes more salient in adolescence is identity (Erikson, 1950(Erikson, , 1968. Identity has been conceptualized as "self-sameness and continuity to… the style of one's individuality, and that this style coincides with the sameness and continuity of one's meaning for significant others in the immediate community" (Erikson, 1968, p. 50).Although Erikson's (1950Erikson's ( , 1968 initial work on identity sparked an interest in research on the topic, it could not be directly translated into an empirically testable construct. To overcome this problem, Marcia (1966) elaborated on Erikson's work and developed the identity status paradigm. In this paradigm, the focus is on two key pro...

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Stress and neuroticism in Spanish nursing students: A two‐wave longitudinal study

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The aim of this study was to clarify the direction of the stress-neuroticism relationship in a sample of 200 nursing students from three Spanish universities before their entry into the work force using a two-wave longitudinal design. The Stressful Life Events Scale and NEO-FFI Neuroticism subscale were administered at the beginning (T1) and end (T2) of nursing studies. Female students reported higher scores in both perceived stress due to life events and neuroticism than males. Older students scored higher in life events stress than younger ones. High neuroticism was associated with a high level of stress. Finally, neuroticism scores rose in the group in which stress increased from T1 to T2. Our findings partially support the stress causation interactionist model of stress in which life events can modify personality traits.

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Personality and Psychopathology: A Stagnant Field in Need of Development

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A dominant paradigm in psychopathology research proposes that individual differences in personality are centrally involved in the origins and manifestations of psychopathology, and structural models of personality and psychopathology have been extremely useful in helping to organize associations among many traits and disorders. However, these models merely describe patterns of covariation; they do not explain the processes by which these patterns emerge. We argue that the field is stagnated, as it is overly focused on the demonstration of concurrent associations and on confirming a spectrum model that proposes traits and disorders are manifestations of the same underlying constructs. We contend that if the field is to move toward an understanding of causal processes, it must integrate knowledge and principles of personality development and developmental psychopathology. To begin this integration, we review (1) normative trends in personality change, (2) age-related changes in the prevalence of disorders, and (3) the impact of onset and chronicity on the severity of disorders. We propose several developmental processes that may contribute to the co-development of personality and psychopathology. We then present novel empirical findings to illustrate how a developmental perspective on traits and disorders can inform new hypotheses, and propose principles and hypotheses that should guide future research.

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Personality Development From Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Differential Stability, Normative Maturity, and Evidence for the Maturity-Stability Hypothesis

Cited by 69 publications

References 35 publications

The dynamics of personality and identity in adolescence

The dynamics of personality and identity in adolescence

Stress and neuroticism in Spanish nursing students: A two‐wave longitudinal study

Personality and Psychopathology: A Stagnant Field in Need of Development

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