Age Differences in Personality Across the Adult Life Span: Parallels in Five Cultures.

McCrae, Robert R.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ582461

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Publication Date: 1999

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Age Differences in Personality Across the Adult Life Span: Parallels in Five Cultures.

McCrae, Robert R.; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v35 n2 p466-77 Mar 1999

Administered translations of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory to adults in Germany, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, and South Korea. Found declines in neuroticism, extraversion and openness, and increases in agreeableness and conscientiousness age for both men and women. Results support hypothesis that age differences reflect universal maturational changes in adult personality. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Extraversion Introversion, Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Personality Change, Personality Development, Personality Studies, Personality Traits, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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