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29th APS Annual Convention

In Transition: New Research on Personality and Well-Being Development in Adulthood

Sunday, May 28, 2017 · Boston, MA

Personality/Emotion

This symposium highlights new research on personality and well-being development in adulthood. Contributions present findings from large-scale longitudinal studies from different countries (Australia, Germany, Netherlands) that examine changes in different aspects of personality and well-being (e.g., Big Five; relationship satisfaction) across major life-span transitions in adulthood (e.g., marriage, divorce, retirement).

Chairs & Discussants

  • Frank InfurnaChair
    Arizona State University
  • Claudia HaaseCoChair
    Northwestern University

Presentations

  1. What Actually Makes You Change, Experience or Evaluation? Longitudinal Associations Between Personality Development and Life-Events in Young AdulthoodJenny Wagner
  2. How Does Marriage Affect Well-Being? a Test of Competing ModelsClaudia Haase
  3. Resilience to Marital Separation: The Short- and Long-Term Consequences of Marital Separation on Subjective Well-Being and Mental HealthFrank Infurna
  4. Personality Development Across the Transition to RetirementTed Schwabe