APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Change and Stability over Time: The Impact of Retirement on Older Adult Personality

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Industrial/Organizational

  • Gary Adams
    Marquette University
  • Benjamin Adams
    University of Wisconsin Madison

Abstract

Using 10-year longitudinal data we examined the impact of retirement on ‘Big 5’ personality measures. We found retirement related to mean- and individual-level change in agreeableness and extroversion, but not the rank order stability of any of the Big 5. Recognizing personality change can help us better understand retirement adjustment.

Aging

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