scholarly journals Nature and nurture of the interplay between personality traits and major life goals.

2010 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 366-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiebke Bleidorn ◽  
Christian Kandler ◽  
Ute R. Hülsheger ◽  
Rainer Riemann ◽  
Alois Angleitner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Life Goals ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Nature And Nurture

Stability and Change in Personality Traits and Major Life Goals From College to Midlife

2020 ◽  
pp. 014616722094936
Author(s):  
Olivia E. Atherton ◽  
Emily Grijalva ◽  
Brent W. Roberts ◽  
Richard W. Robins
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Developmental Regulation ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Life Goals ◽  
Major Life ◽  
College Age ◽  
Investment Theory ◽  
Time Patterns

The association between personality traits and motivational units, such as life goals, has been a long-standing interest of personality scientists. However, little research has investigated the longitudinal associations between traits and life goals beyond young adulthood. In the present study ( N = 251), we examined the rank-order stability of, and mean-level changes in, the Big Five and major life goals (Aesthetic, Economic, Family/Relationship, Hedonistic, Political, Religious, Social) from college (age 18) to midlife (age 40), as well as their co-development. Findings showed that personality traits and major life goals were both moderately-to-highly stable over 20 years. On average, there were mean-level increases in the Big Five and mean-level decreases in life goals over time. Patterns of co-development suggest people formulate goals consistent with their personality traits, and conversely, investing in goal-relevant contexts is associated with trait change. We discuss the results in light of Social Investment Theory and the developmental regulation literature.

Nature and nurture of the interplay between the Big Five and major life goals

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiebke Bleidorn ◽  
Christian Kandler ◽  
Rainer Riemann
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Life Goals ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Nature And Nurture

Linking personality states, current social roles and major life goals

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 509-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiebke Bleidorn
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Sampling Design ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Life Goals ◽  
Multilevel Analyses ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
People’S Daily

Employing an experience‐sampling design, the interplay between personality states, social roles and major life goals was examined as it unfolds in the stream of people's daily lives. Multilevel analyses revealed a considerable amount of both within‐ and between‐person variability in state expressions of personality traits justifying further examination of predictors at both levels of analyses. Roles proved as predictors of current personality states albeit effects differed significantly between individuals. Life goals accounted for between‐person differences in average personality states but were not effective in predicting differences in relations between personality states and roles. Altogether, findings testify to the viability of the employed research strategy to analyse the interplay between both dispositional and fluctuating influences on individuals' trait expressions in behaviour. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Stability and Change in Personality Traits and Major Life Goals from College to Midlife

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia E. Atherton ◽  
Emily Grijalva ◽  
Brent Roberts ◽  
Richard Robins
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Developmental Regulation ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Life Goals ◽  
Major Life ◽  
College Age ◽  
Investment Theory ◽  
Time Patterns

The association between personality traits and motivational units, such as life goals, has been a longstanding interest of personality scientists. However, little research has investigated the longitudinal associations between traits and life goals beyond young adulthood. In the present study (N=251) we examined the rank-order stability of, and mean-level changes in, the Big Five and major life goals (Aesthetic, Economic, Family/Relationship, Hedonistic, Political, Religious, Social) from college (age 18) to midlife (age 40), as well as their co-development. Findings showed that personality traits and major life goals were both moderately-to-highly stable over 20 years. On average, there were mean-level increases in the Big Five and mean-level decreases in life goals over time. Patterns of co-development suggest people formulate goals consistent with their personality traits, and conversely, investing in goal-relevant contexts is associated with trait change. We discuss the results in light of Social Investment Theory and the developmental regulation literature.

scholarly journals THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHICS AS PREDICTORS OF MAJOR LIFE GOALS

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Biljana Otašević ◽  
Jasmina Kodžopeljić
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Life Goals ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Small Contribution ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Life Goal

The aim of this research was to investigate relations between major life goals and the Big Five personality traits. A total of 599 participants in the 16-72 age range completed the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and the Life Goal Questionnaire, which was designed for the purposes of this research. The principal component analysis showed the following seven life goal dimensions: Well-Being, Family Relations, Autonomy, Career, Relationships, Friendship, and Education. Psychometric and descriptive characteristics of each component were examined. Results of hierarchical regression analyses indicated a statistically significant, yet relatively small contribution of personality traits to prediction of major life goals, above and beyond the variance explained by the demographic predictor variables. The results were interpreted in terms of the findings of previous research, as well as considering the role of major life goals as characteristic adaptations within the Big Five model.

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