Goal and Personality Trait Development in Emerging Adulthood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6205465 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brent W Roberts (0000-0002-3244-1164, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Megan O''Donnell, Megan O'Donnell, Megan O’Donnell (0000-0002-4632-6642, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Richard W Robins (0000-0002-5088-3484, University of California, Davis) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 541-550 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.87.4.541 |
| PMID | 15491277 |
| OpenAlex | W1990062907 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 69 |
| References cited | 48 |
The present research examined continuity and change in the importance of major life goals and the relation between change in goals and change in personality traits over the course of college (N = 298). Participants rated the importance of their life goals 6 times over a 4-year period and completed a measure of the Big Five personality traits at the beginning and end of college. Like personality traits, life goals demonstrated high levels of rank-order stability. Unlike personality traits assessed during the same period and in the same sample, the mean importance of most life goals decreased over time. Moreover, each goal domain was marked by significant individual differences in change, and these individual differences were related to changes in personality traits. These findings provide insights into the relatively unstudied question of how life goals change during emerging adulthood
Alternative five model of personality · Big Five personality traits · Big Five personality traits and culture · Developmental psychology · Persistence (discontinuity) · Personality · Personality development · Trait · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 69 |
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| Citations per year | 3,29 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 60 |