Maturation of personality in adolescence

T.A. Klimstra; W.W. Hale III; Q.A.W. Raaijmakers; S.J.T. Branje; W.H.J. Meeus

doi:10.1037/a0014746

Maturation of personality in adolescence

T.A. Klimstra, W.W. Hale III, Q.A.W. Raaijmakers, S.J.T. Branje, W.H.J. Meeus

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The present research assesses adolescent personality maturation by examining 3 measures of change and stability (i.e., mean-level change, rank-order stability, and profile similarity) of Big Five personality traits, employing data from a 5-annual-wave study with overlapping early to middle (n = 923) and middle to late (n = 390) adolescent cohorts. Results indicated that mean levels of Agreeableness and Emotional Stability increased during adolescence. There was mixed evidence for increases in Extraversion and Openness. Additionally, rank-order stability and profile similarity of adolescent personality traits clearly increased from early to late adolescence. For all change facets, the authors found evidence for gender differences in the timing of adolescent personality maturation, as girls were found to mature earlier than boys.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	898-912
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Volume	96
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014746
Publication status	Published - Apr 2009

Keywords

personality
adolescence
longitudinal
maturation
five-factor model

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