Donnellan M Brent, Conger Rand D, Burzette Rebecca G
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823, USA.
J Pers. 2007 Apr;75(2):237-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00438.x.
This investigation examined personality development during the transition from adolescence to adulthood using the brief form of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (Patrick, Curtin, & Tellegen, 2002). Parent and self-reports of personality were obtained in 1994 (average age=17.60 years), and self-reports were obtained in 2003 (average age=27.24 years). There was evidence of both differential stability and normative changes in the direction of increased functional maturity during this transition. Moreover, adolescents with more mature personalities in 1994 tended to show fewer personality changes from 1994 to 2003. These maturity-stability effects held when parent reports were used to assess personality. All told, there was evidence of both stability and change in personality during the transition to adulthood.
本研究使用多维人格问卷简版（Patrick、Curtin和Tellegen，2002），考察了从青春期到成年期过渡阶段的人格发展。1994年获取了父母及本人对人格的报告（平均年龄 = 17.60岁），2003年获取了本人的报告（平均年龄 = 27.24岁）。有证据表明，在此过渡阶段，人格既有差异稳定性，又有朝着功能成熟度增加方向的规范性变化。此外，1994年人格更成熟的青少年在1994年至2003年间的人格变化往往更少。当使用父母报告来评估人格时，这些成熟 - 稳定性效应依然成立。总体而言，在向成年期过渡期间，有证据表明人格既有稳定性又有变化。
