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ADOLESCENCE IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

M. Brent Donnellan, Richard E. Lucas

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Adolescence is a phase in life characterized by physical, cognitive, and emotional changes. In view of the tradition of viewing adolescence as a difficult time of life, there is a belief that adolescence is perhaps the time of the life span with most substantial personality development. This chapter builds on personality development by drawing on many of the same meta-analyses. Evaluating changes in average levels of personality is one way to approach the study of personality development, and evidence from this type of study suggests that changes in personality are not especially pronounced in adolescence. Evidence for the idea that personality change is greatest during adolescence would come from studies that showed that over-time correlations are weakest during that period.

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Adolescence is a phase in life characterized by physical, cognitive, and emotional changes. In view of the tradition of viewing adolescence as a difficult time of life, there is a belief that adolescence is perhaps the time of the life span with most substantial personality development. This chapter builds on personality development by drawing on many of the same meta-analyses. Evaluating changes in average levels of personality is one way to approach the study of personality development, and evidence from this type of study suggests that changes in personality are not especially pronounced in adolescence. Evidence for the idea that personality change is greatest during adolescence would come from studies that showed that over-time correlations are weakest during that period.

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Adolescence is a phase in life characterized by physical, cognitive, and emotional changes. In view of the tradition of viewing adolescence as a difficult time of life, there is a belief that adolescence is perhaps the time of the life span with most substantial personality development. This chapter builds on personality development by drawing on many of the same meta-analyses. Evaluating changes in average levels of personality is one way to approach the study of personality development, and evidence from this type of study suggests that changes in personality are not especially pronounced in adolescence. Evidence for the idea that personality change is greatest during adolescence would come from studies that showed that over-time correlations are weakest during that period.

Key concepts: Personality, Personality development, Psychology, Period (music), Life span, Developmental psychology, Big Five personality traits, Personality changes

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