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Personality trait development from age 12 to age 18: longitudinal, cross-sectional, and cross-cultural analyses.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12500824     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Three studies were conducted to assess mean level changes in personality traits during adolescence. Versions of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (P. T. Costa, Jr., & R. R. McCrae, 1992a) were used to assess the 5 major personality factors. A 4-year longitudinal study of intellectually gifted students (N = 230) was supplemented by cross-sectional studies of nonselected American (N = 1,959) and Flemish (N = 789) adolescents. Personality factors were reasonably invariant across ages, although rank-order stability of individual differences was low. Neuroticism appeared to increase in girls, and Openness to Experience increased in both boys and girls; mean levels of Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness were stable. Results extend knowledge of the developmental curve of personality traits backward from adulthood and help bridge the gap with child temperament studies.
Authors:
Robert R McCrae; Paul T Costa; Antonio Terracciano; Wayne D Parker; Carol J Mills; Filip De Fruyt; Ivan Mervielde
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of personality and social psychology     Volume:  83     ISSN:  0022-3514     ISO Abbreviation:  J Pers Soc Psychol     Publication Date:  2002 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-12-25     Completed Date:  2003-06-24     Revised Date:  2013-02-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0014171     Medline TA:  J Pers Soc Psychol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1456-68     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Personality, Stress and Coping Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. jeffm@lpc.grc.nia.nih.gov
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Age Distribution
Analysis of Variance
Belgium
Child
Child, Gifted / psychology
Cross-Cultural Comparison*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Personality Development*
Personality Inventory
Sex Distribution
United States
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
Z99 AG999999/AG/NIA NIH HHS; ZIA AG000180-25/AG/NIA NIH HHS; ZIA AG000180-26/AG/NIA NIH HHS; ZIA AG000183-22/AG/NIA NIH HHS; ZIA AG000183-23/AG/NIA NIH HHS

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