Published in 2024: ‘Do people become more alike throughout their lives? The article entitled “A Meta-Analysis of Changes in Personality Trait Variability” is decent amazing results revealed.

“He says he will change. He promised.” If you expect someone with such beliefs to change, read on. Because this research examines the personality traits of people. whether it changes over time aims to detect.

Let’s first talk about the methodology of the study.

This study, which is a kind of meta-analysis, Combining the results of similar studiesaims to obtain a broader and more general result.

In this regard, there are studies in the literature on the changes in the personality traits of individuals. 362 independent studies is analyzed.

Personality traits of individuals over time whether it has changed or not and an attempt is made to determine whether individuals become more similar to or different from their existing personality throughout their lives.

The included studies quantitative and longitudinal studies There are criteria such as based on people’s personality traits.

A total of 362 independent studies were included in the study sample size 344,270 It is stated that .

Let’s look at the demographic characteristics of the sample.

Of the 344,270 participants in the survey 52.82% are women The average age appears to be 24.89.

Considering the countries where the participants are located, 47.21% in North America, We see that 38.91% come from Northern Europe, 3.97% from Asia, 4.31% from Southern Europe and 5.60% from southern regions such as Latin America and Africa.

Now let’s start examining the findings. We only change in early childhood.

In the study, big five personality traits Personality traits called extroversion, neuroticism, openness, agreeableness and responsibility are discussed, with an emphasis on the Big Five.

These personality traits according to different ages and time periods An attempt is made to determine the degree of variability.

As a result of the study, researchers have determined that personality traits do not exist alone in early childhood comes to the conclusion that it varies.

For example, variability in extraversion, neuroticism, and openness increases after the first years of life. decrease something starting.

Researchers explain this situation because babies show different genetic responses to the environment during this period and over time their adaptation to the environment interprets it as an explanation for the decrease in variability.

Neuroticism occurs in late childhood, between the ages of 5 and 13. is increasing. Researchers interpret this situation as the effect of school life and the transition to adolescence.

In general, people don’t change over time!

When the research results are evaluated in general, it appears that the variability of individuals’ personality traits varies throughout life. It seems to have remained largely constant.

In other words, as time passes or as people grow older, does not differ.

Of course, just as any scientific study has its limitations, this study also has some limitations, and so it is within its own sample Let’s end our content by stating that it can be generalized.

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