#personality-change

#personality-change

The idea that personality never changes once you reach adulthood continues to be challenged by study after study. There's one big problem, however, even with the most sophisticated study, they use the wrong measure of personality. The well-known Five Factor Model, or Big Five, with its scales that measure neuroticism, openness, extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness, wasn't designed for anything other than one-time, stable measurements.

Personality traits continue to evolve into adulthood, with individuals typically increasing in self-confidence, warmth, self-control, and emotional stability as they age.