Since the new millennium, research in the field of personality development has focused on the stability and change of basic personality traits. Motivational aspects of personality and their longitudinal association with basic traits have received comparably little attention. In this preregistered study, we applied bivariate latent growth curve model to investigated the codevelopment of nine life goals and the Big Five traits. We tested age, perceived control, gender, educational background, and regional socialization as potential moderators of codevelopment. Data came from the German Socio-Economic Panel study (N = 55,040, age range: 18-103 years) and span a study period of 13 years. During this period, the Big Five traits and life goals were assessed four times. Our findings suggest that development in broader life goal domains (e.g., self-fulfillment) is more strongly connected to personality development across the life span, whereas changes in specific goals (e.g., having children) are more closely tied to trait changes during young and middle adulthood. The strongest codevelopment was found between Openness and agentic goals with a focus on personal growth followed by codevelopment between Agreeableness and communal goals. Developmental stage and educational background moderated the codevelopment of Conscientiousness and economic achievement as well as family-related goals. Contrary to the previous research, we found that Neuroticism codeveloped with communal life goals (i.e., having a happy relationship/marriage). Our findings reinforce theoretical frameworks that highlight the role of changing opportunities, constraints, and developmental tasks across adulthood. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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成年期和老年期的人生目标和大五人格特质的共同发展。


新千年以来，人格发展领域的研究主要集中在基本人格特质的稳定性和变化上。人格的动机方面及其与基本特征的纵向关联相对较少受到关注。在这项预先注册的研究中，我们应用双变量潜在增长曲线模型来研究九个人生目标和大五特征的共同发展。我们测试了年龄、感知控制、性别、教育背景和区域社会化作为共同发展的潜在调节因素。数据来自德国社会经济小组研究（N = 55,040，年龄范围：18-103 岁），研究周期为 13 年。在此期间，大五特质和人生目标被评估了四次。我们的研究结果表明，更广泛的人生目标领域（例如，自我实现）的发展与整个生命周期的个性发展有更密切的联系，而具体目标（例如，生孩子）的变化与年轻和成年时期的特质变化更密切相关。成年中期。开放性和以个人成长为重点的代理目标之间的协同发展最强，其次是宜人性和公共目标之间的协同发展。发展阶段和教育背景调节责任心与经济成就以及家庭相关目标的共同发展。与之前的研究相反，我们发现神经质与共同生活目标（即拥有幸福的关系/婚姻）共同发展。我们的研究结果强化了理论框架，强调了成年期不断变化的机会、限制和发展任务的作用。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。