Past research syntheses provided evidence that personality traits are both stable and
changeable throughout the life span. However, early meta-analytic estimates were …

Trait stability and maturation are fundamental principles of contemporary personality
psychology and have been shown to hold across many cultures. However, it has proven …

Personality traits continue to change throughout the lifespan. However, we still know little
about when, why, and how personality traits change. In this paper, we review the current …

Research and theorizing on gender and age differences in self-esteem have played a
prominent role in psychology over the past 20 years. However, virtually all empirical …

Personality traits are powerful predictors of outcomes in the domains of education, work,
relationships, health, and well-being. The recognized importance of personality traits has …

The current article presents a theoretical framework of the short-and long-term processes
underlying personality development throughout adulthood. The newly developed TESSERA …

In this article, we provide a fresh perspective on the developmental origins of neuroticism—a
dimension of temperament marked by elevated stress reactivity resulting in the frequent …

The lifespan development of personality traits has evolved from a niche topic to a core
subject of psychological science. Looking back at 20 years of research, I review the …

Neuroticism's prospective association with common mental disorders (CMDs) has fueled the
assumption that neuroticism is an independent etiologically informative risk factor. This …

It has been argued that facets do not represent the bottom of the personality hierarchy—
even more specific personality characteristics, nuances, could be useful for describing and …