Journal Watch review of Stability and change of personality across the life course: The impact of age and major life events on mean-level and rank-order stability of the Big Five

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1057-1059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel R. Sneed ◽  
Monique A. Pimontel
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
Journal Watch ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Stability and Change of Perceived Characteristics of Major Life Events

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Haehner ◽  
Sarah Kritzler ◽  
Ina Fassbender ◽  
Maike Luhmann
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
The Stability

The occurrence of major life events is associated with changes in mental health, well-being, and personality. To better understand these effects, it is important to consider how individuals perceive major life events. Although theories such as Appraisal Theory and Affective Adaptation Theory suggest that event perceptions change over time and that these changes are relevant for personality and well-being, stability and change of the perceptions of major life events have not been systematically examined. The present paper aims to fill this gap using data from a longitudinal study (N = 619 at T1). In this study, participants rated nine characteristics of the same major life event up to five times within one year with the Event Characteristics Questionnaire. We estimated rank-order and mean-level stabilities as well as intraclass correlations of the nine life event characteristics with continuous time models. Furthermore, we computed continuous time models for the stability of affective well-being and the Big Five personality traits to generate benchmarks for the interpretation of the stability coefficients. Rank-order stabilities of the life event characteristics were lower than for the Big Five, but higher than for affective well-being. Furthermore, we found significant mean-level changes for the life event characteristics extraordinariness, change in world views and external control. Most of the variance in life event characteristics was explained by between-person differences. Future research should examine whether these changes in perceived event characteristics are associated with changes in other constructs and which factors contribute to the stability and change of perceived event characteristics.

Environment and ageing biology

2017 ◽  
pp. 317-322
Author(s):  
Arun S. Karlamangla ◽  
Teresa E. Seeman
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Functional Status ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Allostatic Load ◽  
The Body ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Impact

Psychosocial factors over the life course and major life events are associated with the health, functional status, and survival of older adults. This chapter discusses the biological mechanisms through which these influences are thought to operate, and how life stresses might accelerate the usual ageing of biological systems. It starts with a brief description of psychosocial determinants of health and functioning before elaborating on the allostatic mechanisms by which the body adapts its internal physiological milieu in response to perceived stressors. The price paid for frequent and recurring adaptation is eventual dysregulation of the mediators of allostasis, or allostatic load. We close with a brief discussion of allostatic load links to health outcomes in older adults and potential interventions that might ameliorate the impact of psychosocial adversities on health.

scholarly journals Transitions Into and Out of Voluntary Work Over the Life Course: What is the Effect of Major Life Events?

2021 ◽  
pp. 089976402110574
Author(s):  
Jacobien Niebuur ◽  
Aart C. Liefbroer ◽  
Nardi Steverink ◽  
Nynke Smidt
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Social Production ◽  
Voluntary Work ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Behavioral Confirmation ◽  
Probability Modeling ◽  
Linear Probability ◽  
The Life Course

The aim of the current study is to investigate which major life events are associated with transitions into and out of volunteering over the life course and, especially, why these associations exist. Social Production Function theory is used to derive hypotheses, which are tested using longitudinal data (adult subsample) from Lifelines. Associations between major life events and (a) volunteer take-up, nonvolunteer sample ( N = 59,773) and (b) volunteer cessation, volunteer sample ( N = 32,143) are studied by applying Linear Probability Modeling. Results show clear associations between specific major life events and starting and quitting volunteering. The influence on the latter is stronger than on the former. Most findings are in line with our theory-based expectations indicating that (a) voluntary work contributes especially to the fulfillment of the needs for status, stimulation, and behavioral confirmation and (2) life events causing losses (gains) in these needs are associated with a higher likelihood to take-up (quit) volunteering.

Body compassion safeguards against the impact of major life events on binge eating

Appetite ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mafalda Barata-Santos ◽  
Joana Marta-Simões ◽  
Cláudia Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Binge Eating ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Body Compassion

scholarly journals The impact of major life events on household asset portfolio rebalancing

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-347
Author(s):  
Tracey West ◽  
Andrew Worthington
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Household Asset ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Portfolio Rebalancing ◽  
Serious Illness ◽  
Asset Portfolio ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to model the asset portfolio rebalancing decisions of Australian households experiencing a severe life event shock. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses household longitudinal data from the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey since 2001. The major life events are serious illness or injury, death of a spouse, job dismissal or redundancy and separation from a spouse. The asset classes are bank accounts, cash investments, equities, superannuation (private pensions), life insurance, trust funds, owner-occupied housing, investor housing, business assets, vehicles and collectibles. The authors use both static and dynamic Tobit models to assess the impact and duration of impact of the shocks. Findings Serious illness and injury, loss of employment, separation and spousal death cause households to rebalance portfolios in ways that can have detrimental effects on long-term wealth accumulation through poor market timing and the incurring of transaction costs. Research limitations/implications The survey results are only available since 2001, and the wealth module from which the asset data are drawn is self-reported and not available every year. Practical implications Relevant to policymakers working on the ongoing retirement of the “baby boomer” generation and for financial planners guiding household investment decisions. Originality/value Most research on shocks to household wealth concern a narrower range of assets and only limited shocks. Also, this is one of the few studies to use a random effects model to allow for unspecified heterogeneity among households.

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