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Examining mechanisms of personality maturation : the impact of life satisfaction on the development of Big Five personality traits
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2012
Individuals are expected to mature with increasing age, but it is not yet fully understood which factors contribute to this maturation process. Using data of a representative sample of Germans (N = 14,718) who gave information about their Big Five personality traits twice over a period of 4...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009557644
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Stability and change of personality across the life course : the impact of age and major life events on mean-level and rank-order stability of the Big Five
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2011
Does personality change across the entire life course, and are those changes due to intrinsic maturation or major life experiences? This longitudinal study investigated changes in the mean levels and rank order of the Big Five personality traits in a heterogeneous sample of 14,718 Germans across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124216
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Personality maturation and personality relaxation: differences of the Big Five personality traits in the years around the beginning and ending of working life
Asselmann, Eva; Specht, Jule - 2021
(e.g., Conscientiousness). Method: Based on the data from the Socio- Economic Panel Study (SOEP), we examined nuanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012643683
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Testing the Social Investment Principle around childbirth: little evidence for personality maturation before and after becoming a parent
Asselmann, Eva; Specht, Jule - 2020
idea. Here, we used data from a nationally representative household panel study from Germany (N = 19,875) to examine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257111