TY - JOUR
T1 - Age differences in implicit and explicit personality traits
AU - Purol, Mariah F.
AU - Oh, Jeewon
AU - Abrom, Meghan C.
AU - Bernard, Hana
AU - Forest, Anna
AU - Huhtala, Seija D.
AU - Kim, Hyonjoon
AU - Lin, Haoyan
AU - Meredith, Caitlin M.
AU - Misak, Corrin S.
AU - Mison, Alex
AU - Mongoven, Kelsey
AU - Nomer, Maddy
AU - Patel, Ayushi
AU - Quaglia, Jamie L.
AU - Ross, Jada N.
AU - Saric, Naila
AU - Shi, Ivy
AU - Skaff, Jessica R.
AU - Stevenson, Kayla
AU - Wingo, Antoinette V.
AU - Wood, Sophia
AU - Yestrepsky, Hannah G.
AU - Chopik, William J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Past research suggests that personality differs by age—older adults tend to be more conscientious, agreeable, and less neurotic than younger adults. However, most of these studies have used self-report measures of personality which may be influenced by people's motivations to appear socially desirable that also change over time. If these changing motivations affect the validity of personality measures, our understanding of age differences in personality may need to be revised. In the current study (N = 12,702), we examined age differences in implicit (i.e., IAT-based) and explicit (i.e., traditional self-report) measures of personality. Although we found some heterogeneity in the exact non-linear age patterns of personality across different measures, the age patterns were largely consistent across implicit and explicit measures of personality.
AB - Past research suggests that personality differs by age—older adults tend to be more conscientious, agreeable, and less neurotic than younger adults. However, most of these studies have used self-report measures of personality which may be influenced by people's motivations to appear socially desirable that also change over time. If these changing motivations affect the validity of personality measures, our understanding of age differences in personality may need to be revised. In the current study (N = 12,702), we examined age differences in implicit (i.e., IAT-based) and explicit (i.e., traditional self-report) measures of personality. Although we found some heterogeneity in the exact non-linear age patterns of personality across different measures, the age patterns were largely consistent across implicit and explicit measures of personality.
KW - Age differences
KW - Big Five personality
KW - Implicit association test
KW - Implicit measures of personality
KW - Lifespan development
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111765
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111765
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132215433
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 197
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 111765
ER -