1. Longitudinal relations between personality traits and aspects of identity formation during adolescence
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Sabine Zehnder Grob, Mathias Allemand, Patrick L. Hill, Christoph Morgenthaler, Aristide Peng, Christoph Käppler, University of Zurich, and Hill, Patrick L
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Male ,Agreeableness ,Adolescent ,Social Psychology ,Personality development ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Big Five personality traits and culture ,Absorption (psychology) ,Developmental psychology ,2738 Psychiatry and Mental Health ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Humans ,Personality ,2735 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Longitudinal Studies ,Big Five personality traits ,media_common ,3207 Social Psychology ,3204 Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Social Identification ,10093 Institute of Psychology ,Alternative five model of personality ,Models, Theoretical ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Personality Development ,Facet (psychology) ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,150 Psychology ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,Switzerland - Abstract
The current study focused on three aspects of identity development relevant to the adolescent years: being an authentic person, perceiving control over and consistency in one's environment, and having consistent expectations from close others. In a two-wave study of adolescents (n = 750), we examined how these aspects change over the course of a year, as well as whether these aspects correspond to the Big Five personality traits. Results indicated three important findings. First, all three aspects evidenced the capacity for change over a year, and appeared more malleable than personality traits. Second, youth higher on all aspects reported a more adaptive personality profile. Third, changes on these aspects coincide with those on personality traits over the year. Findings are discussed with respect to future directions for studying the interplay of identity and personality development.
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- 2013
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