The Co-Development of Perceived Support and the Big Five in Middle and Older Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Hill, Patrick L.; Weston, Sara J.; Jackson, Joshua J.
Titel	The Co-Development of Perceived Support and the Big Five in Middle and Older Adulthood
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42 (2018) 1, S.26-33 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025417690262
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Adults; Older Adults; Interpersonal Relationship; Children; Spouses; Family (Sociological Unit); Friendship; Social Support Groups; Extraversion Introversion; Individual Characteristics; Neurosis; Social Influences; Individual Development; Longitudinal Studies; Questionnaires; Personality Measures; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Älterer Erwachsener; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ehepartner; Familie; Freundschaft; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Personality traits; Neurose; Sozialer Einfluss; Individuelle Entwicklung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The current study examined whether relationships also influence personality trait development during middle and older adulthood, focusing on the individual's perception of support from the relationship partner. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (n = 20,422; mean age = 65.9 years), we examined the longitudinal relationships between Big Five personality trait levels and perceived support from children, family, friends, and spouses. Results found that participants who reported more positive social support and lower negative support also tended to score higher on conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and openness to experience, but lower on neuroticism. Moreover, changes in positive support across relationship partners coincided with trait changes over time, in the form of more positive support was associated with seemingly adaptive changes on the Big Five. Findings are discussed with respect to identifying social influences on personality development in adulthood. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01