Personality stability between adolescence and mid-adulthood: Personality traits and self-concept

0381068 - PSÚ 2013 RIV IT eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Sobotková, Veronika - Blatný, Marek - Jelínek, Martin
Personality stability between adolescence and mid-adulthood: Personality traits and self-concept.
Proceedings of the XV. European Conference on Developmental Psychology: August 23-27, 2011, Bergen, Norway. Bologna: Medimond International Proceedings, 2011, s. 515-519. ISBN 978-88-7587-636-4.
[XV European Conference on Developmental Psychology - ECDP. Bergen (NO), 23.08.2011-27.08.2011]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP407/10/2410
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70250504
Keywords : personality stability and change * life-span development * personality traits
Subject RIV: AN - Psychology

The study examined stability of personality traits and selected aspects of self-concept between adolescence and adulthood. 83 people have participated in an ongoing longitudinal study beginning in 1961 (35 men and 48 women; in the age range of 38-45 years). Personality characteristics (extraversion and neuroticism) were measured at the age of 16 with Maudsley Personality Inventory (MPI) and in adulthood with Eysenck´s Personality Inventory (EPI). Self-esteem was determined at the age of 14 using Coopersmith´s Self-Assessment Questionnaire. General self-esteem and its components were compared with selected aspects of self-concept in adulthood (global self-esteem, self-efficacy, and self-concept clarity). We found the predicted stability of extraversion and neuroticism during the life-span (correlation coefficients .39 and .44, for extraversion and neuroticism respectively). The results further showed that a general level of self-esteem in adolescence is related to self-concept clarity in adulthood rather than to self-esteem.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0211616