Personality stability and change: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.

W Bleidorn, T Schwaba, A Zheng… - Psychological …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Past research syntheses provided evidence that personality traits are both stable and
changeable throughout the life span. However, early meta-analytic estimates were …

Personality across the life span

PT Costa Jr, RR McCrae… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Trait stability and maturation are fundamental principles of contemporary personality
psychology and have been shown to hold across many cultures. However, it has proven …

Life events and personality trait change

W Bleidorn, CJ Hopwood, RE Lucas - Journal of personality, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Theory and research have emphasized the impact of life events on personality trait
change. In this article, we review prospective research on personality trait change in …

Subjective experiences of life events match individual differences in personality development.

T Schwaba, JJA Denissen, M Luhmann… - Journal of Personality …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
The last 2 decades have witnessed increased research on the role of life events in
personality trait development, but few findings appear to be robust. We propose that a key to …

Longitudinal experience–wide association studies—A framework for studying personality change

W Bleidorn, CJ Hopwood, MD Back… - European Journal …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The importance of personality for predicting life outcomes in the domains of love, work, and
health is well established, as is evidence that personality traits, while relatively stable, can …

Development of loneliness in midlife and old age: Its nature and correlates.

T von Soest, M Luhmann, T Hansen… - Journal of Personality …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Research has long demonstrated that loneliness is a key risk factor for poor health.
However, less is known about the development and predictors of loneliness across later …

Trajectories of big five personality traits: A coordinated analysis of 16 longitudinal samples

EK Graham, SJ Weston, D Gerstorf… - European Journal …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This study assessed change in self–reported Big Five personality traits. We conducted a
coordinated integrative data analysis using data from 16 longitudinal samples, comprising a …

Refining the maturity principle of personality development by examining facets, close others, and comaturation.

T Schwaba, W Bleidorn, CJ Hopwood… - Journal of Personality …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Across adulthood, people tend to experience psychologically adaptive personality trait
change, a robust finding known as the maturity principle of personality development. We …

Individual differences in personality change across the adult life span

T Schwaba, W Bleidorn - Journal of personality, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective A precise and comprehensive description of personality continuity and change
across the life span is the bedrock upon which theories of personality development are built …

Personality and sleep quality: Evidence from four prospective studies.

Y Stephan, AR Sutin, S Bayard, Z Križan… - Health …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: The present study examined the longitudinal association between personality
traits and sleep quality in 4 samples of middle-aged and older adults. Method: Participants …