Supplemental Material for Personality Development Across the Life Span: Longitudinal Analyses With a National Sample From Germany

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Longitudinal Analyses

Mixed Methods Approaches, Narrative Research, and the Futures Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Pratt ◽  
M. Kyle Matsuba
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Longitudinal Analyses ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Growth And Change ◽  
Over Time

Chapter 3 begins with the story of the Canadian Futures Study and its growth and change over the 15 years of its research “life span.” To orient the reader to the issues of research on personality and narrative that are the focus of this book, the authors first cover mixed methods, which integrate both qualitative and quantitative approaches to research, and their epistemological and research underpinnings in general. The authors then turn specifically to recent approaches to narrative research, including methods for studying the life story. Broader approaches to developmental methods and longitudinal analyses over time are briefly discussed. The chapter ends with a discussion of the specific research methods used in the collection of data and the analyses of narrative and personality development in the Futures Study.

The Life Span Development of Generativity

2020 ◽  
pp. 365-384
Author(s):  
Michael W. Pratt ◽  
M. Kyle Matsuba ◽  
Heather L. Lawford ◽  
Feliciano Villar
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Adult Life Span ◽  
Life Span Development ◽  
Cultural Variations

This chapter addresses the development of generativity, Erikson’s conception of the midlife strength in his eight-stage model of personality development. Following Erikson, the authors define generativity as care for next generations and set it in the context of both personality theory and life span development. Specifically, the authors draw on the framework of McAdams that characterizes personality as composed of three sequentially developing levels: actions, goals/motives, and the narrative life story (a mature form of narrative that provides the self with a sense of meaning and identity). The authors then review research on generativity as expressed from adolescence to later adulthood, which indicates that it is a relevant construct across this entire period in a variety of life domains. They also consider factors influencing generativity levels, including family background and cultural variations. Throughout the chapter, the authors consider the connections of generativity to morality across different facets of personality and stages of the adult life span.

Longitudinal Analyses of Psychological Well-being in a National Sample: Stability of Mean Levels

1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. T. Costa ◽  
A. B. Zonderman ◽  
R. R. McCrae ◽  
J. C. Huntley ◽  
B. Z. Locke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Longitudinal Analyses ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Sample Stability

Personality Development across the Life Span

2013 ◽  
pp. 75-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaap J. A. Denissen ◽  
Marcel A. G. van Aken ◽  
Brent W. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Personality Development
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