Ethnicity, education, and the temporal stability of personality traits in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study Export

@article{Lockenhoff2008, abstract = {We examined the influence of age, gender, Black vs. White ethnicity, and education on five indices of personality stability and change across an average interval of 8 years in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study. In the full sample ( n  = 505, aged 30–88), examination of structural, rank-order, ipsative, and mean level stability, as well as indices of reliable change suggested that NEO-PI-R personality traits showed moderate to high levels of stability over time. There were few age and gender effects on temporal stability but rank-order, ipsative, and mean level stability were lower among Blacks and individuals with lower education. Future research should explore additional demographic predictors of temporal plasticity in a diverse range of samples, and employ observer ratings to assess personality.}, author = {Lockenhoff, C. and Terracciano, A. and Bienvenu, O. and Patriciu, N. and Nestadt, G. and Mccrae, R. and Eaton, W. and Costa, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {5458975}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2007.09.004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092656607001080}, doi = {10.1016/j.jrp.2007.09.004}, issn = {00926566}, journal = {Journal of Research in Personality}, keywords = {change, culture, longitudinal, neo, personality, stability}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {577--598}, posted-at = {2009-08-18 10:58:28}, priority = {2}, title = {Ethnicity, education, and the temporal stability of personality traits in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2007.09.004}, volume = {42}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - Lockenhoff2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5458975 N2 - We examined the influence of age, gender, Black vs. White ethnicity, and education on five indices of personality stability and change across an average interval of 8 years in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study. In the full sample ( n  = 505, aged 30–88), examination of structural, rank-order, ipsative, and mean level stability, as well as indices of reliable change suggested that NEO-PI-R personality traits showed moderate to high levels of stability over time. There were few age and gender effects on temporal stability but rank-order, ipsative, and mean level stability were lower among Blacks and individuals with lower education. Future research should explore additional demographic predictors of temporal plasticity in a diverse range of samples, and employ observer ratings to assess personality. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Research in Personality SN - 00926566 EP - 598 TI - Ethnicity, education, and the temporal stability of personality traits in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study VL - 42 SP - 577 KW - change KW - culture KW - longitudinal KW - neo KW - personality KW - stability AU - Lockenhoff, C AU - Terracciano, A AU - Bienvenu, O AU - Patriciu, N AU - Nestadt, G AU - Mccrae, R AU - Eaton, W AU - Costa, P PY - 2008/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2007.09.004 ER -