Personality Development Across Adolescence and Young Adulthood: The Role of Life Transitions and Self-Concept Clarity

IF 3.6 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL European Journal of Personality Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI:10.1177/08902070221119782
Elisabeth L. de Moor, S. Nelemans, A. Becht, W. Meeus, S. Branje
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Personality develops across the lifespan, but most development occurs in adolescence and young adulthood. Life transitions to new social roles may be important drivers of mean-level personality development. The present study examined mean-level personality development in adolescence and young adulthood, and the role of the transition to tertiary education and working life therein in a sample of Dutch young people that were followed across 14 years (N = 497, AgeW1 = 13.03 years). We explored whether young people’s self-concept clarity moderated these associations. Our hypotheses and analytical plan were pre-registered. Findings from Latent Growth Models showed support for maturation in personality across adolescence and young adulthood, but not a maturity dip. Having the role of employee was associated with higher conscientiousness, but no associations were found of the transition to tertiary education and the transition to work with mean-level development of any of the personality traits. Self-concept clarity did not moderate the role of transitions in mean-level personality development. Our findings suggest that socialization effects may not explain associations between life transitions and personality development in adolescence and young adulthood.
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青春期和青年期的人格发展:生活转变和自我概念清晰的作用
个性的发展贯穿一生,但大多数发展发生在青春期和青年期。生活向新的社会角色的转变可能是中等水平人格发展的重要驱动力。本研究调查了青春期和青年期的平均水平人格发展,以及向高等教育和工作生活过渡的作用,研究对象是荷兰年轻人,他们被跟踪了14年(N = 497, AgeW1 = 13.03年)。我们探讨了年轻人的自我概念清晰度是否调节了这些关联。我们的假设和分析计划是预先登记的。潜在成长模型的研究结果表明,青春期和青年期的人格成熟是支持的,而不是成熟度下降。拥有雇员角色与较高的责任心相关,但没有发现向高等教育过渡和向工作过渡与任何人格特征的平均水平发展有关。自我概念清晰并没有调节过渡在中等水平人格发展中的作用。我们的研究结果表明,社会化效应可能无法解释青春期和青年期生活转变与人格发展之间的联系。
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European Journal of Personality
European Journal of Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-
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期刊介绍: It is intended that the journal reflects all areas of current personality psychology. The Journal emphasizes (1) human individuality as manifested in cognitive processes, emotional and motivational functioning, and their physiological and genetic underpinnings, and personal ways of interacting with the environment, (2) individual differences in personality structure and dynamics, (3) studies of intelligence and interindividual differences in cognitive functioning, and (4) development of personality differences as revealed by cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.
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