Patterns of continuity: A dynamic model for conceptualizing the stability of individual differences in psychological constructs across the life course
Patterns of continuity: A dynamic model for conceptualizing the stability of individual differences in psychological constructs across the life course
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DOI：
10.1037/0033-295x.112.1.60
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Roberts, BW
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作者：
Fraley, RC;Roberts, BW
在当代心理学中，关于心理结构中的个体差异是否在很长一段时间内是稳定的存在争议。作者认为，这是不可能解决这样的争论，除非研究人员专注于模式的稳定性和发展机制，可能会导致他们。为了促进这种重点的转变，他们描述了一个正式的模型，集成了3个发展过程：随机背景过程，人-环境交易和发展恒定性。理论和数学分析表明，该模型提出了新的预测的方式，其中重测相关的结构在很大范围内的年龄和重测间隔。作者通过将其预测与神经质的元分析数据进行比较来说明该模型的实用性。讨论强调了关注连续性模式的价值，不仅是要解释的现象，而且是能够澄清各种心理结构的稳定和变化背后的发展过程的数据。
In contemporary psychology there is debate over whether individual differences in psychological constructs are stable over extended periods of time. The authors argue that it is impossible to resolve such debates unless researchers focus on patterns of stability and the developmental mechanisms that may give rise to them. To facilitate this shift in emphasis, they describe a formal model that integrates 3 developmental processes: stochastic-contextual processes, person-environment transactions, and developmental constancies. The theoretical and mathematical analyses indicate that this model makes novel predictions about the way in which test-retest correlations are structured across a wide range of ages and test-retest intervals. The authors illustrate the utility of the model by comparing its predictions against meta-analytic data on Neuroticism. The discussion emphasizes the value of focusing on patterns of continuity, not only as phenomena to be explained but as data capable of clarifying the developmental processes underlying stability and change for a variety of psychological constructs.