Young Adulthood Is the Crucible of Personality Development. (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roberts, Brent W.; Davis, Jordan P.
• Is Part Of: Emerging adulthood. Volume 4:Number 5(2016)
• Page Start: 318
• Page End: 326
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: personality -- emerging adult development -- development -- young adulthood -- neo-socioanalytic -- personality development -- social investment; Young adults -- Periodicals; Adolescence -- Periodicals; Teenagers -- Periodicals; Adolescent psychology -- Periodicals; 305
• DOI: 10.1177/2167696816653052
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2167-6968

Abstract

The last two decades have seen a rapid acceleration of research on personality development focusing on the periods of late adolescence and young adulthood. The findings paint a picture of surprising quiescence in adolescence followed by a period of tremendous growth and change in personality traits in young adulthood. The patterns and potential reasons for these changes are discussed in the context of the Neo-Socioanalytic model of personality and the theory of emerging adulthood. The potential for convergence and collaboration between the fields of personality development and emerging adulthood is discussed.