The growing evidence for personality change in adulthood: Findings from research with personality inventories

By R. Helson, Virginia S. Y. Kwan, Oliver P. John, Constance Jones. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Words of wisdom: language use over the life span. (2003, background): “For example, aging is associated with higher levels of conscientiousness, agreeableness, and adherence to norms ( Helson, Kwan, John, & Jones 2002 ).”
Conscientiousness and Health across the Life Course (2005, background): “Moreover, it has been argued that investments in these conventional social roles, such as developing a career and a family, are quasi-universal tasks of social living ( Helson, Kwan, John, & Jones, 2002 ).”
Paradigm shift to the integrative Big Five trait taxonomy: History, measurement, and conceptual issues. (2008, background): “This criticism has some merit: Although the Big Five taxonomy has influenced research on adult development and aging (e.g., Helson, Kwan, John, & Jones, 2002; McCrae & Costa, 2003; Roberts, Walton, & Viechtbauer, 2006; see also Roberts, Wood, & Caspi, Chapter 14, this volume), there has been much…”
Are Older Adults Wiser Than College Students? A Comparison of Two Age Cohorts (2010, background): “Longitudinal studies have shown that most people experience normative age-related increases in personality adjustment during adulthood, such as increases in conscientiousness and agreeableness (Caspi et al. 2005; Helson et al. 2002 ) and decreases in neuroticism (Mroczek and Spiro 2003).”
Personality development: stability and change. (2005, background): “In contrast, proponents of a life-span developmental perspective emphasize the importance of life changes and role transitions in personality development and suggest that mean-level changes do occur and often at ages much later than young adulthood (Helson et al. 2002).”
The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits (2008, unknown): “Helson et al. (2002), for example, has documented the substantial influence that social roles and cultural milieu can have on personality development.”