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The Benefits of Believing in Chance or Fate: External Locus of Control as a Protective Factor for Coping with the Death of a Spouse
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan C. - 2010
-scaled panel study were followed for the 4 years before and after the loss by using a latent growth model. Results showed that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600959
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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
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan C. - 2011
Does personality change across the entire life course, and are those changes due to intrinsic maturation or major life experiences? This longitudinal study investigated changes in the mean levels and rank order of the Big Five personality traits in a heterogeneous sample of 14,718 Germans across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601019
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Everything under control? The effects of age, gender, and education on trajectories of perceived control in a nationally representative German sample
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan C. - 2012
Perceived control is an important variable for various demands involved in successful aging. However, perceived control is not set in stone, but rather changes throughout the life course. The aim of this study was to identify cross-sectional age differences and longitudinal mean-level changes as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286909
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Examining mechanisms of personality maturation: The impact of life satisfaction on the development of Big Five personality traits
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan C. - 2012
Individuals are expected to mature with increasing age, but it is not yet fully understood which factors contribute to this maturation process. Using data of a representative sample of Germans (N = 14,718) who gave information about their Big Five personality traits twice over a period of 4...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286975
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The benefits of believing in chance or fate : external locus of control as a protective factor for coping with the death of a spouse
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2010 - Former version
-scaled panel study were followed for the 4 years before and after the loss by using a latent growth model. Results showed that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826398
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Examining mechanisms of personality maturation : the impact of life satisfaction on the development of Big Five personality traits
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2012
Individuals are expected to mature with increasing age, but it is not yet fully understood which factors contribute to this maturation process. Using data of a representative sample of Germans (N = 14,718) who gave information about their Big Five personality traits twice over a period of 4...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009557644
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Everything Under Control? The Effects of Age, Gender, and Education on Trajectories of Perceived Control in a Nationally Representative German Sample
Specht, Jule - 2012
Perceived control is an important variable for various demands involved in successful aging. However, perceived control is not set in stone, but rather changes throughout the life course. The aim of this study was to identify cross-sectional age differences and longitudinal mean-level changes as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106348
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Everything under control? : the effects of age, gender, and education on trajectories of perceived control in a nationally representative German sample
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2012
Perceived control is an important variable for various demands involved in successful aging. However, perceived control is not set in stone, but rather changes throughout the life course. The aim of this study was to identify cross-sectional age differences and longitudinal mean-level changes as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009541710
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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
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2011
Does personality change across the entire life course, and are those changes due to intrinsic maturation or major life experiences? This longitudinal study investigated changes in the mean levels and rank order of the Big Five personality traits in a heterogeneous sample of 14,718 Germans across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124216
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The Benefits of Believing in Chance or Fate : External Locus of Control as a Protective Factor for Coping with the Death of a Spouse
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan C. - 2010
-scaled panel study were followed for the 4 years before and after the loss by using a latent growth model. Results showed that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014190471