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Interindividual age differences in personality structure

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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY
卷 37, 期 3, 页码 257-275

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/08902070221084862

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personality; structure; change; network

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Most investigations on the structure of personality traits neglect the age factor and assume a consistent structure across the lifespan. This study examined age differences in divergence and convergence, the similarity between the Big Five and network structures, and the consistency of network structure across age groups. The results suggest that older adults have a different structure of personality than younger adults.
Most investigations in the structure of personality traits do not adequately address age; instead, they presuppose a constant structure across the lifespan. Further, few studies look at the structure of personality traits a-theoretically, often neglecting to examine the relationship among indicators within a trait (convergence) and across traits (divergence). Using a network approach, the present study examines (1) age differences in divergence and convergence, (2) the similarity between the Big Five and network structures, and (3) the consistency of network structure across age groups in a large, cross-sectional sample. Results indicate that convergence shows early gains in adolescence with few differences across the lifespan, while divergence mostly weakens across adulthood. The result of these age-related differences is that Big Five indicators only parallel the Big Five structure among young but not older adults. The structure of young adults tends to be quite similar while the network structures of older adults appear to greatly differ from one another. These results suggest that older adults have a different structure of personality than younger adults and suggest that future research should not assume consistency in personality structure across the lifespan.

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