We draw on genetics research to argue that complex psychological phenomena are most
likely determined by a multitude of causes and that any individual cause is likely to have …

This chapter reviews the contribution of the NEO Inventories and the Five Factor Model to
progress in personality psychology since Loevinger's 1957 essay. Personality structure is …

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

Drawing on state-of-the-art personality and developmental research, this book presents a
new and broadly integrative theory of how people come to be who they are over the life …

Each edition of a textbook must be as vital, dynamic, and responsive to change as the field it
covers. To remain an effective teaching instrument, it must reflect the development of the …

The association between personality traits and motivational units, such as life goals, has
been a long-standing interest of personality scientists. However, little research has …

Increasing numbers of empirical studies provide compelling evidence that personality traits
change across the entire lifespan. What initiates this continuing personality development …

Individual differences in personality are often described on the basis of a small set of
dimensional core characteristics that are commonly defined as largely consistent patterns of …

Across four studies, we developed and validated a measure of people's goals to change
their personality traits. In doing so, we explored the prevalence and correlates of such …

Unemployment has a strongly negative influence on well-being, but it is unclear whether it
also alters basic personality traits. Whether personality changes arise through natural …