Journal Article
The change and stability of NEO scores over six-years: a British study and a short review
Authors
Publication date
Jul 2019
Summary
This study investigated the change and stability of the Big-Five personality factors measured on a short scale. Fifteen similar studies using longer instruments were reviewed. In this study 7554 participants aged between 16 and 92 years completed a short 15 item FFM inventory twice six years apart in a large British sample. As expected, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Extroversion significantly increased, whereas Neuroticism significantly decreased, and Openness remained essentially the same over the time period. Participants were divided into six age groups and the results were broadly similar. Correlational analysis showed all five personality factors were considerably stable over six years after controlling for gender and age (r = 0.47 to r = 0.60, p
Published in
Personality and Individual Differences
Volume and page numbers
144 , 105 -110
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.02.038
ISSN
16
Subjects
Psychology, Survey Methodology, and Life Course Analysis
Links
University of Essex, Albert Sloman Library Periodicals *restricted to University of Essex registered users* - http://catalogue.essex.ac.uk/record=b1605494~S5
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