What Drives Adult Personality Development? A Comparison of Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence

By Jule Specht, W. Bleidorn, Jaap J. A. Denissen, M. Hennecke, R. Hutteman, C. Kandler, Maike Luhmann, U. Orth, Anne K. Reitz, Johannes Zimmermann. 2014

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

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Longitudinal Experience–Wide Association Studies—A Framework for Studying Personality Change (2020, background): “…traits continue to change throughout the lifespan (Bleidorn & Hopwood, 2019; Roberts, Walton, & Viechtbauer, 2006; Orth, Robins, & Widaman, 2012; Specht et al., 2014), sometimes in response to environmental influences (Bleidorn, Hopwood, & Lucas, 2018), including purposeful interventions…”
What Accounts for Personality Maturation in Early Adulthood? (2015, background): “During recent years, a large number of studies have shown that personality traits can and do change throughout the life span (for reviews, see Roberts, Wood, & Caspi, 2008; Specht et al., 2014).”
The Behavioural Genetics of Personality Development in Adulthood—Classic, Contemporary, and Future Trends (2014, background): “They also lie at the heart of contemporary theories of adult personality development (see Specht et al., 2014), which seem to come to radically different predictions regarding these issues.”
Personality trait stability and change (2021, background): “In contrast to the broad consensus regarding the nature of personality trait development, we still know little about the sources that contribute to stability and change in personal ity traits and even less about the process underlying such changes (Specht et al., 2014; Wagner et al., 2020).”
Understanding personality development (2018, background): “…personality development to be determined by genetic and environmental factors (for recent overviews, see Bleidorn, Kandler, & Caspi, 2014; Specht et al., 2014) as well as by more specific factors, such as life events (e.g. Lüdtke, Roberts, Trautwein, & Nagy, 2011; Specht, Egloff, &…”
Studying Changes in Life Circumstances and Personality: It's about Time (2014, background): “In the absence of conclusive empirical and theoretical accounts, we restrain from further speculation about these mechanisms (but see Specht et al., 2014, for a review of mechanisms assumed to be associated with personality development in general).”
Integrating psychological approaches to entrepreneurship: the Entrepreneurial Personality System (EPS) (2017, background): “A recent overview of theories on personality change can be found in Specht et al. (2014).”
How Peers Make a Difference: The Role of Peer Groups and Peer Relationships in Personality Development (2014, background): “experiences scripted by behavioural guidelines in peer-group norms affect personality development (Neyer, Mund, Zimmermann, & Wrzus, in press; Specht et al., 2014).”