The rank-order consistency of personality traits from childhood to old age: a quantitative review of longitudinal studies.

By B. Roberts, Wendy F. DelVecchio. Psychological bulletin, 2000

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Measurement Matters: Assessing Personal Qualities Other Than Cognitive Ability for Educational Purposes (2015, background): “…suggest that these attributes cannot be changed by people’s experiences, and the connotation of immutability is at odds with both empirical evidence (Caspi, Roberts, & Shiner, 2005; B. Roberts & DelVecchio, 2000; B. Roberts, Walton, & Viechtbauer, 2006) and pedagogical aims (Tough, 2011).”
Can callous-unemotional traits enhance the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of serious conduct problems in children and adolescents? A comprehensive review. (2014, background): “On the other hand, these results suggest that psychopathic traits appear to be as stable as other personality dimensions from childhood to adulthood (Roberts & DelVecchio, 2000).”
A meta-analysis of dependability coefficients (test–retest reliabilities) for measures of the Big Five (2014, background): “Meta-analytic summaries (Roberts & DelVecchio, 2000) showed that stability coefficients increase during transition to adulthood, start to slow down at the ages between 30 and 40 years, and reach a peak in old age.”
Neuroticism and Common Mental Disorders: Meaning and Utility of a Complex Relationship (2013, neutral): “…personality with age until a peak in late adulthood, as well as decreasing stability with increasing time intervals between measurement occasions (Fraley & Roberts, 2005; B. W. Roberts & DelVecchio, 2000), with a meta-analytic correlation between time interval and differential stability of r=−0.36.”
Development of shy/bold behaviour in squid: context-specific phenotypes associated with developmental plasticity (2008, background): “…phenotypes via positive feedback loops with the environment, and studies from the human personality literature generally support this idea, as stability correlations for personality tend to increase systematically with age (Roberts & DelVecchio 2000; Srivastava et al. 2003; Caspi et al. 2005).”
INCREASING SAVING BEHAVIOR THROUGH AGE-PROGRESSED RENDERINGS OF THE FUTURE SELF (2011, background): “Although trait-level personality characteristics (Roberts and DelVecchio 2000) and general interests (Low et al. 2005) remain relatively constant over the course of a lifetime, the body’s cells turn over, and attributes as personal as names, noses, and reputations can be willfully altered beyond…”
Sex differences in direct aggression: What are the psychological mediators? (2006, background): “A longitudinal study found similarity in the developmental trajectory of fear and impulsivity in boys and girls (Cote et al., 2002, see also Roberts & DelVecchio, 2000).”
Personality, IQ, and Lifetime Earnings (2018, background): “…the rank order correlation of traits within one person ver very long time spans is remarkably high ( Costa and McCrae, 1994; eon et al., 1979; Roberts and DelVecchio, 2000; Roberts et al., 2006; obins et al., 2001 ), and even from adolescence to adulthood there is more stability than change…”
Taking Skills Seriously: Toward an Integrative Model and Agenda for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills (2020, neutral): “Previous research has shown that personality traits are stable over short time periods but can gradually change across years or decades (Roberts & DelVecchio, 2000).”