Responses to interpersonal transgressions from early adulthood to old age.

Allemand, Mathias; Olaru, Gabriel

doi:10.1037/pag0000610

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“…This trait conception is scaffolded by research showing that forgivingness is positively associated with state manifestations of forgiveness (Fehr et al, 2010); put differently, higher scores on forgivingness seem to be not simply a positive self-perception, but they are in fact linked to a greater likelihood to forgive in a given scenario. Aligned with the developmental work mentioned earlier, forgivingness tends to demonstrate positive associations with age (Allemand & Olaru, 2021;Lawler-Row & Piferi, 2006;Steiner et al, 2012), suggesting a normative pattern of increases with maturity and lifespan development.…”

Section: Lifespan Studies Of Forgivenesssupporting

confidence: 74%

Self‐control in adolescence predicts forgivingness in middle adulthood

Allemand

Grünenfelder‐Steiger

Fend

et al. 2022

Journal of Personality

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Introduction This 33‐year study examined associations between self‐control development in adolescence and forgivingness, i.e., the dispositional tendency to forgive others, in middle adulthood. Methods Participants were 1350 adults aged 45 years (50.6% female). Self‐control was measured yearly from age 12 to 16, while forgivingness was measured at age 45. Results Results indicated significant individual differences in level and change of self‐control across the adolescent years and an average mean‐level increase. Individual differences in level and change in self‐control were independently associated with forgivingness in middle adulthood. Individuals who either entered adolescence with higher self‐control, and/or increased in self‐control during the adolescent years, reported higher scores in forgivingness at age 45 compared to peers. This pattern held even after controlling for gender, socioeconomic status (SES), and conduct problems in adolescence. Conclusion The current findings demonstrate that developmental processes in adolescence are important for individual differences in the dispositional tendency to forgive others in adulthood.

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confidence: 74%

Self‐control in adolescence predicts forgivingness in middle adulthood

Allemand

Grünenfelder‐Steiger

Fend

et al. 2022

Journal of Personality

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“…Third, with loneliness noted as a salient endemic for older adults, and a huge moderator in the age-loneliness association being the quality of one's social network (Pinquart & Sorensen, 2001), perceiving social integration with one's broader network is of great importance to curb these trends. Finally, with previous research finding greater heterogeneity in older adults relative to younger adults in handling interpersonal transgressions (Allemand & Olaru, 2021), both the experiences and impacts of social strain could be more complex in an aging population. Older adult populations are known to approach social relationships differently than their younger peers because they are typically more focused on maintaining and connecting with close others rather than exploring and creating novel relationships (Carstensen, 2006;Carstensen et al, 1999).…”

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Correlated Change Between Personality Traits and Perceived Social Support in Old Age

Pfund

Allemand

2022

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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This study investigated correlated change between the Big Five personality traits and perceived social support in old age. Two data waves with an 8-year span from the Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study on Adult Development (ILSE) were utilized. The longitudinal sample for this study consisted of 491 older adults (aged 64–68 years at T1). Four different aspects of perceived availability of social support were assessed (emotional support, practical support, social integration, and social strain). The Big Five personality traits were assessed with the Neuroticism–Extraversion–Openness Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). Results show significant latent concurrent correlations and correlated changes between personality traits and social support. Notably, correlated change with social support types differed depending on the Big Five traits being evaluated, with changes in extraversion, neuroticism, and agreeableness being the traits most associated with changes in social support types, and openness being least associated. Results are discussed through a life span development lens in light of past research.

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“…Three sets of history-graded changes may contribute to changes in heterogeneity. First, innovations in (communication) technologies and educational pathways have dramatically increased the amount of information and inputs individuals can use to form their views on aging—and may contribute to expanded heterogeneity in later-born cohorts (for recent evidence of event-related changes in the heterogeneity of personality, see Jackson & Beck, 2021; age-related differences in the heterogeneity of interpersonal transgression, see Allemand & Olaru, 2021). Second, deinstitutionalization of lifespan development (see already Held, 1986; Kohli, 2007) and the erosion of social structures that have historically guided individuals into a “normal life course” may expand the ways that later-born cohorts can “act their age” (Neugarten & Neugarten, 1986).…”

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Subjective age and attitudes toward own aging across two decades of historical time.

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Drewelies²,

Duezel³

et al. 2022

Psychology and Aging

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A large body of empirical evidence has accumulated showing that the experience of old age is “younger,” more “agentic,” and “happier” than ever before. However, it is not yet known whether historical improvements in well-being, control beliefs, cognitive functioning, and other outcomes generalize to individuals’ views on their own aging process. To examine historical changes in such views on aging, we compared matched cohorts of older adults within two independent studies that assessed differences across a two-decade interval, the Berlin Aging Studies (BASE; 1990/1993 vs. 2017/2018, each n = 256, Mage = 77) and the Midlife in the United States Study (MIDUS; 1995/1996 vs. 2013/14, each n = 848, Mage = 67). Consistent across four different dimensions of individuals’ subjective views on aging (age felt, age appeared, desired age, and attitudes toward own aging) in the BASE and corroborated with subjective age felt and subjective age desired in the MIDUS, there was no evidence whatsoever that older adults of today have more favorable views on how they age than older adults did two decades ago. Further, heterogeneity in views on aging increased across two decades in the MIDUS but decreased in BASE. Also consistent across studies, associations of views on aging with sociodemographic, health, cognitive, and psychosocial correlates did not change across historical times. We discuss possible reasons for our findings, including the possibility that individual age views may have become increasingly decoupled from societal age views.

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Responses to interpersonal transgressions from early adulthood to old age.

Cited by 10 publications

References 74 publications

Self‐control in adolescence predicts forgivingness in middle adulthood

Self‐control in adolescence predicts forgivingness in middle adulthood

Correlated Change Between Personality Traits and Perceived Social Support in Old Age

Subjective age and attitudes toward own aging across two decades of historical time.

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