Stability and change in adolescent spirituality/religiosity: A person-centered approach.

Marie Good; Teena Willoughby; Michael A. Busseri

doi:10.1037/a0021270

Stability and change in adolescent spirituality/religiosity: A person-centered approach.

Developmental Psychology ◽

10.1037/a0021270 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

pp. 538-550 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Marie Good ◽

Teena Willoughby ◽

Michael A. Busseri

Keyword(s):

Adolescent Spirituality ◽

Stability And Change ◽

Person Centered Approach

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Trajectories of Perceived Employability and Their Associations With Well-Being at Work

Journal of Personnel Psychology ◽

10.1027/1866-5888/a000103 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 46-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Kaisa Kirves ◽

Ulla Kinnunen ◽

Nele De Cuyper ◽

Anne Mäkikangas

Keyword(s):

Growth Mixture Modeling ◽

Well Being ◽

Mixture Modeling ◽

Stability And Change ◽

Personal Resource ◽

Highly Educated ◽

Growth Mixture ◽

Perceived Employability ◽

Change Pattern ◽

Person Centered Approach

The first aim of this study was to identify trajectories of perceived employability (PE) with a longitudinal person-centered approach, accounting for both the level of PE and changes in PE. The second aim was to examine how the trajectories were related to well-being at work (i.e., vigor at work, job satisfaction, and job exhaustion) with a variable-centered approach. The data were collected in two Finnish universities (N = 926) during 2008–2010 with three measurement points. Growth Mixture Modeling identified four trajectories, which differed in level, stability, and change in PE across time: we established two trajectories with stable PE (88% of the participants), and two trajectories with a nonlinear change pattern in PE (12%). Furthermore, variable-centered analyses showed that the level of PE was positively associated with well-being at work. Moreover, in one change trajectory, the increase in PE was associated with an increase in vigor at work. Overall, these results indicate that PE can be seen as a personal resource. However, the effect of PE is minor in terms of change in employee well-being among highly educated employees.

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Discrete Emotion Profiles in Old Age: Stability and Change for Better or Worse

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igab046.2195 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 575-576

Author(s):

Carsten Wrosch ◽

Meaghan Barlow ◽

Ute Kunzmann ◽

Jeremy Hamm

Keyword(s):

Old Age ◽

Chronic Conditions ◽

Positive Emotion ◽

Latent Class ◽

Discrete Emotions ◽

Stability And Change ◽

Adaptive Changes ◽

Discrete Emotion ◽

Latent Class Analyses ◽

Person Centered Approach

Abstract Although discrete emotions can change in salience across adulthood, little is known about developmental shifts in the co-occurrence of multiple discrete emotions. The present study (n=389, Mage=73) adopted a person-centered approach to identify stability and change in commonly-occurring profiles of calmness, excitement, sadness, and anger. Daily emotions were assessed over 1-week periods at baseline and two years later. Latent class analyses yielded consistent 3-profile solutions at both waves: a positive emotion (high calmness-moderate excitement-low sadness and anger), a mixed emotion (moderate/high calmness-moderate excitement, sadness, and anger), and an apathetic emotion profile (low calmness, excitement, sadness, and anger). Latent transition analyses revealed both stability (82% remained in the same profile) and change (18% changed profiles) in profile membership. Higher baseline optimism and fewer chronic conditions were associated with adaptive changes in profile membership. Findings point to the importance of considering the co-occurrence of distinct emotions in studying emotional aging.

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