Researchers Find Personality Changes In Older Adults
Researchers from Heidelberg University and collaborators report in Communications Psychology that an eight-week socio-emotional intervention produced similar increases in emotional stability and extraversion among younger (≈20s) and older adults (60–80) in a sample of 165 participants. The older group showed higher engagement, and trait improvements persisted up to 12 months, suggesting motivation-driven personality plasticity across adulthood.
Key Points
- 1Show changes in emotional stability and extraversion after an eight-week intervention (N=165, ages 19–78).
- 2Indicate age does not limit socio-emotional plasticity; older adults matched younger improvements.
- 3Suggest practitioners can use brief targeted training for lifelong personality and stress-regulation improvements.
Scoring Rationale
Peer-reviewed, multi-method evidence and direct intervention applicability, but limited sample generalizability and domain focus constraints.
Sources
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