Past research syntheses provided evidence that personality traits are both stable and
changeable throughout the life span. However, early meta-analytic estimates were …

Personality psychology, which seeks to study individual differences in thoughts, feelings,
and behaviors that persist over time and place, has experienced a renaissance in the last …

Personality traits continue to change throughout the lifespan. However, we still know little
about when, why, and how personality traits change. In this paper, we review the current …

We propose that older adults' ability to retrieve episodic autobiographical events, although
often viewed through a lens of decline, reveals much about what is preserved and prioritized …

A highly relevant but provocative research question is whether and how one can
intentionally change personality traits through psychological interventions, given that traits …

Personality and psychopathology have generally been regarded as distinct aspects of
human behaviour, largely studied by researchers from different disciplines. However, an …

Personality traits like neuroticism show both continuity and change across adolescence and
adulthood, with most pronounced changes occurring in young adulthood. It has been …

Decades of studies identify personality traits as prospectively associated with life outcomes.
However, previous investigations of personality characteristic-outcome associations have …

Across adulthood, people tend to experience psychologically adaptive personality trait
change, a robust finding known as the maturity principle of personality development. We …

How does personality change when people get older? Numerous studies have investigated
this question, overall supporting the idea of so-called personality maturation. However …