| Literature DB >> 19122849 |
Corinna E Löckenhoff1, Antonio Terracciano, O Joseph Bienvenu, Nicholas S Patriciu, Gerald Nestadt, Robert R McCrae, William W Eaton, Paul T Costa.
Abstract
We examined the influence of age, gender, Black vs. White ethnicity, and education on five indices of personality stability and change across an average interval of 8 years in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study. In the full sample (n = 505, aged 30-88), examination of structural, rank-order, ipsative, and mean level stability, as well as indices of reliable change suggested that NEO-PI-R personality traits showed moderate to high levels of stability over time. There were few age and gender effects on temporal stability but rank-order, ipsative, and mean level stability were lower among Blacks and individuals with lower education. Future research should explore additional demographic predictors of temporal plasticity in a diverse range of samples, and employ observer ratings to assess personality.Year: 2008 PMID: 19122849 PMCID: PMC2585805 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.09.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Res Pers ISSN: 0092-6566