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| Temperament and personality as functions of age | | Author(s) | Albert Mehrabian, Jeffrey S Blum |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 42, no 4, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 251-269 |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Attitude ; Personality ; Loneliness ; Age groups [elderly] ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Age-related differences in three temperament scales (traits of pleasure-displeasure, arousability, and dominance-submissiveness) and four personality scales (achieving tendency, conformity, shyness, and loneliness) were explored in three studies. Results were generally consistent with the hypothesis that scores on trait dominance and on trait measures that correlated positively with trait dominance (e.g. achievement) were lower for older people. Achieving tendency (assessed in Studies 1 and 3) was lower for older people. Trait dominance (assessed in two studies) was lower for older men and women in Study 2 and lower for older women in Study 3. In Study 3, two strong negative correlates - conformity and shyness - were higher for older women. Based on a consistent absence of age/Trait Pleasure relationships, no age-related differences in psychological adjustment/maladjustment were implied by the findings. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970731221 A |
| Classmark | D: DP: DK: DV: BB: 49: 7T |
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