The kids are alright: growth and stability in personality development from adolescence to adulthood.
The kids are alright: growth and stability in personality development from adolescence to adulthood.
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.81.4.670
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发表时间：
2001-10
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
B. Roberts;A. Caspi;T. Moffitt;T. Moffitt
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作者：
B. Roberts;A. Caspi;T. Moffitt;T. Moffitt
本纵向研究使用多维人格问卷（a . Tellegen, 1982）对出生队列（N = 921）从18岁到26岁人格功能的连续性和变化进行了全面分析。采用微分连续性、平均水平变化、个体差异变化和替代变化4种不同的方法对数据进行分析。他们发现了指向人格连续性而非改变的趋同证据。从青春期到成年期确实发生的性格变化反映了朝着更成熟的方向发展；许多青少年变得更有控制力，在社交上更自信，更少生气和疏远。与此相一致的是，随着时间的推移，越高的初始成熟度与越少的性格变化相关。结果表明，从青春期到青年期的过渡是以人格的连续性和向更成熟的方向成长为标志的。
This longitudinal study provides a comprehensive analysis of continuity and change in personality functioning from age 18 to age 26 in a birth cohort (N = 921) using the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (A. Tellegen, 1982). Data were analyzed using 4 different methods: differential continuity, mean-level change, individual differences in change, and ipsative change. Convergent evidence pointing toward personality continuity, as opposed to change, was found. The personality changes that did take place from adolescence to adulthood reflected growth in the direction of greater maturity; many adolescents became more controlled and socially more confident and less angry and alienated. Consistent with this, greater initial levels of maturity were associated with less personality change over time. The results indicate that the transition from adolescence to young adulthood is marked by continuity of personality and growth toward greater maturity.