Personality Development From Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Differential Stability, Normative Maturity, and Evidence for the Maturity-Stability Hypothesis Export

@article{Donnellan2007, abstract = {ABSTRACT This investigation examined personality development during the transition from adolescence to adulthood using the brief form of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (Patrick, Curtin, \& Tellegen, 2002). Parent and self-reports of personality were obtained in 1994 (average age517.60 years), and self-reports were obtained in 2003 (average age527.24 years). There was evidence of both differential stability and normative changes in the direction of increased functional maturity during this transition. Moreover, adolescents with more mature personalities in 1994 tended to show fewer personality changes from 1994 to 2003. These maturity-stability effects held when parent reports were used to assess personality. All told, there was evidence of both stability and change in personality during the transition to adulthood.}, author = {Donnellan, Brent M. and Conger, Rand D. and Burzette, Rebecca G.}, citeulike-article-id = {1126499}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00438.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/jopy/2007/00000075/00000002/art00002}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-33847705001}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00438.x}, issn = {0022-3506}, journal = {Journal of Personality}, keywords = {adolescence, adulthood, development}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {237--264}, posted-at = {2007-11-25 09:58:15}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {Personality Development From Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Differential Stability, Normative Maturity, and Evidence for the Maturity-Stability Hypothesis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00438.x}, volume = {75}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - Donnellan2007 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1126499 N2 - ABSTRACT This investigation examined personality development during the transition from adolescence to adulthood using the brief form of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (Patrick, Curtin, & Tellegen, 2002). Parent and self-reports of personality were obtained in 1994 (average age517.60 years), and self-reports were obtained in 2003 (average age527.24 years). There was evidence of both differential stability and normative changes in the direction of increased functional maturity during this transition. Moreover, adolescents with more mature personalities in 1994 tended to show fewer personality changes from 1994 to 2003. These maturity-stability effects held when parent reports were used to assess personality. All told, there was evidence of both stability and change in personality during the transition to adulthood. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Personality SN - 0022-3506 EP - 264 TI - Personality Development From Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Differential Stability, Normative Maturity, and Evidence for the Maturity-Stability Hypothesis PB - Blackwell Publishing VL - 75 SP - 237 KW - adolescence KW - adulthood KW - development AU - Donnellan, Brent AU - Conger, Rand AU - Burzette, Rebecca PY - 2007/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00438.x ER -