APS

2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026

Intellectual Humility across the Career Span: Evidence from Japanese Working Adults

Barcelona, Spain · May 2026

Posters · Emotion & Motivation: What Drives the Self

  • Yusuke Takahashi
    Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University
  • Shinji Yamagata
    Nagoya University

Abstract

This study examined age differences in intellectual humility among 878 Japanese working adults. Unlike conscientiousness, which showed curvilinear age-related increases, intellectual humility showed no systematic age patterns. Results suggest intellectual humility is shaped more by situational factors than aging, highlighting its malleability as a workplace competency cultivable through training.

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