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  • Personality Science
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • The Big Five personality traits are stable but can change over time.
  • The predictive power of personality *changes* on life outcomes is not well-established.
  • Understanding trait change informs whether distal or proximal processes link traits to outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the unique prospective relationships of Big Five personality trait *changes* with static and changing life outcomes.
  • To examine these associations across health, education, career, finance, relationships, and civic engagement domains.
  • To explore potential moderators of these personality change-outcome links.

Main Methods:

  • Meta-analysis of seven longitudinal datasets (N = 81,980).
  • Examination of unique associations of static trait levels and trait changes with static and changing outcomes.
  • Analysis of study-level variables as moderators.

Main Results:

  • Personality trait changes prospectively predicted some static outcomes (e.g., health, education, employment, volunteering) beyond static trait levels.
  • Personality trait changes more frequently predicted changes in outcomes (e.g., marriage, divorce).
  • Effect sizes for trait changes were smaller than for static trait levels, with fewer significant change associations.

Conclusions:

  • Personality change plays a significant role in individual development and life trajectories.
  • Both cumulative and proximal processes are relevant for understanding trait-outcome associations.
  • Future research should consider personality dynamics alongside trait levels for a comprehensive view of life outcomes.