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Oh VYS, Ismail I, Tong EMW. Income moderates changes in big-five personality traits across eighteen years. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/08902070221078479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The role of income in adult personality change remains poorly understood. Using latent growth modeling, we performed exploratory analyses of how longitudinal trajectories of change in personal income and the Big Five personality traits would be related. We examined 4234 participants (2149 Males, 2085 Females; MT1age = 46.42, SDT1age = 13.36, age range at T1: 20–74 years) across three time points spanning 18 years using data from the Midlife in the United States study. Results indicated that starting levels of income moderated changes in four personality traits. Specifically, income moderated the slopes of openness to experience, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, such that for high-income individuals, openness to experience, extraversion, and agreeableness were less likely to decline and more likely to either increase or remain stable over time, while neuroticism was less likely to increase and more likely to remain stable over time. Conversely, personality traits were weaker predictors of income change as slopes of income were not moderated by starting levels of any of the personality traits. Moreover, changes in income were not correlated with changes in any of the personality traits. The findings suggest that individual differences in income could potentially explain diverging trajectories of personality change.
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- Vincent YS Oh
- National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Rakhshani A, Lucas RE, Donnellan MB, Fassbender I, Luhmann M. Personality Traits and Perceptions of Major Life Events. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY 2021. [DOI: 10.1177/08902070211045825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Research examining the associations between major life events and personality trait development is mixed. Work that evaluates perceptions of life events and how those perceptions are themselves associated with personality traits may help clarify the existing literature. We used a large student sample ( N = 1,509) and a demographically diverse sample from a Qualtrics panel ( N = 552) to conduct exploratory analyses examining the associations between the big five personality traits and perceptions of life events. Results suggested that (a) associations between personality and beliefs about event-related personality change differ between students and more representative samples, (b) associations between personality and event perceptions are often nuanced, and (c) event perceptions are not merely proxies for personality traits. These studies highlight the importance of subjective event perceptions in the study of major life events and personality.
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- Andrew Rakhshani
- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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Wundrack R, Asselmann E, Specht J. Personality development in disruptive times: The impact of personal versus collective life events. SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY COMPASS 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Richard Wundrack
- Department of Psychology Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Berlin Germany
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- Department of Psychology Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Berlin Germany
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- Department of Psychology Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Berlin Germany
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