The last 2 decades have witnessed increased research on the role of life events in
personality trait development, but few findings appear to be robust. We propose that a key to …

Major life events can trigger personality trait change. However, a clear, replicable pattern of
event-related personality trait change has yet to be identified. We examined whether the …

Personality traits can change throughout the entire life span, but people differ in their
personality trait changes. To better understand individual differences in personality changes …

Research examining the associations between major life events and personality trait
development is mixed. Work that evaluates perceptions of life events and how those …

How people perceive major life events changes over time. We examined the longitudinal
interplay between perceived event characteristics and subjective well-being (SWB) using …

To better understand the effects of life events, research interest recently turned to the
question of how life events are perceived (eg, as positive, predictable, or controllable) …

Did the COVID-19 pandemic promote character growth? Studies using sequential samples
suggest that collective life events can result in character growth, but their conclusions have …

This study examined whether the six trait-like dimensions of psychological well-being (eg,
autonomy and environmental mastery) moderate the effects of unemployment on various …

Peter Haehner https://orcid. org/0000-0002-3896-6172 16 Karla Fliedner https://orcid.
org/0009-0002-8378-9141 17 Wiebke Bleidorn https://orcid. org/0000-0003-3795-8143 18 …

Objective Life events can impact people's dispositional functioning by changing their state‐
level patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behavior. One pathway through which this change …