The Actor, Agent, and Author Across the Life Span: Interrelations Between Personality Traits, Life Goals, and Life Narratives in an Age-Heterogeneous Sample
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Janina Larissa Bühler
Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland
Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Search for more papers by this authorRebekka Weidmann
Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorAlexander Grob
Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland
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Janina Larissa Bühler
Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland
Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Correspondence to: Janina Larissa Bühler, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Missionsstrasse 62, 4055 Basel, Switzerland.
E-mail: janina.buehler@unibas.ch
Search for more papers by this authorRebekka Weidmann
Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorAlexander Grob
Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland
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According to the integrative framework for studying people, personality manifests and develops along three separate, but related, levels: the actor (e.g. traits), agent (e.g. goals), and author (i.e. narratives). Although these levels are thought to be conceptually interrelated, few studies have empirically examined such interrelations. To address this gap, the present study tested how traits, goals, and narratives are longitudinally related to each other and whether master motives (getting along and getting ahead) serve as helpful tools to structure these interrelations. Applying a developmental approach, we further explored these interrelations against the background of age-related effects. A sample of 141 participants (14–68 years, M = 35.40 years) completed self-reports on traits and goals at the beginning and end of a 2-year study. In between these measurements, participants took part in a life story interview that assessed narratives. We applied multilevel analyses and found that traits, goals, and narratives were meaningfully related to each other. Interactions with age occurred in less than 20% of the cases, emerged among the majority of variables (except for agreeableness and openness), were most pronounced for narratives and were mainly found among young and middle-aged participants. The findings are discussed in view of master motives. © 2020 European Association of Personality Psychology
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Table S1. Items and Domains for Assessing Life Goals Table S2. Standardized Loadings Extracted From Exploratory Factor Analyses With Promax Rotation Across Life Goals at Time 1 and Time 2 Table S3. Standardized Loadings Extracted From Exploratory Factor Analyses With Varimax Rotation Across Life Goals at Time 1 and Time 2 Table S4. Schema for Coding Subcategories of Agency Table S5. Schema for Coding Subcategories of Communion Table S6. Descriptive Statistics and Pearson Correlations of Communal and Agentic Narratives and Their Subcategories Table S7. Descriptive Statistics and Stability Indices for Measures of Life Goals at Time 1 and Time 2 |
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