Secular Changes in Personality: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis

Gunnesch-Luca G, Ion A, Petre D, Iliescu D (2022)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Journal of research in personality Elsevier

URI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656622000939?CMX_ID=&SIS_ID=&dgcid=STMJ_AUTH_SERV_PUBLISHED&utm_acid=80134087&utm_campaign=STMJ_AUTH_SERV_PUBLISHED&utm_in=DM287333&utm_medium=email&utm_source=AC_

DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104280

Abstract

There has been a surge in media interest regarding the generational effects on the distribution and structure of personality traits. This article examines time and generational effects on the Five Factor personality traits. Hierarchical Age-Period- Cohort Modeling (HAPC) was deployed on a sample of 30,722 participants assembled from pooled repeated cross-sectional data collected between 2006 and 2018. After controlling for both age and period effects no generation-related effects in personality traits (both aggregate and facet levels) were detected. Our findings imply that broad societal changes delineating various “generations” exert a minor influence over the distribution of personality traits in the general population.

Authors with CRIS profile

George Gunnesch-Luca Lehrstuhl für Psychologie, insbesondere Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie Dragos Iliescu Lehrstuhl für Psychologie, insbesondere Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie

Involved external institutions

University of Bucharest / Universitatea din București RO Romania (RO)

How to cite

APA:

Gunnesch-Luca, G., Ion, A., Petre, D., & Iliescu, D. (2022). Secular Changes in Personality: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis. Journal of research in personality. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104280

MLA:

Gunnesch-Luca, George, et al. "Secular Changes in Personality: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis." Journal of research in personality (2022).

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