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More or less "me" in past, present, and future
— perceived lifetime personality during adulthood | | Author(s) | William Fleeson, Jutta Heckhausen |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 12, no 1, March 1997 |
| Pages | pp 125-136 |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Adults ; Life span ; Personality ; Well being ; Mathematical models ; Evaluation ; Germany. |
| Annotation | This article describes adults' views and perceptions of their own personality development and traits from ages 25 to 65. Using abbreviated versions of assessments of the 5-factor model of personality and of well-being, 398 German participants aged 26-64 described their own personality in the present, when they were 20-25 years old, when they will be 65-75 years old, and an ideal. Responses across the three target ages indicated moderate change across adulthood, and more variability than is typically observed in longitudinal studies of adult personality development. Anticipated late adulthood personality contained more losses than gains, although all target ages showed some gains. Participants' perceptions were characterised by early adulthood exploration, middle adulthood productivity, and later adulthood comfortableness. Older adults reported slightly lower ideals, but in other ways responded very similarly to younger and middle-aged adults. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971120242 A |
| Classmark | B:TOB: SD: BG6: DK: D:F:5HH: 3LM: 4C: 767 |
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