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Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

New meta by @peterhaehner.bsky.social et al (I'm a little middle author) on individual differences in personality change across the lifespan (229 studies, N = 230k) 10.1037/bul0000525 Cool finding (imo): For all Big Five, variance in change is greatest in youth, declining through young adulthood!

Individual differences in change for each of the Big Five across ages 0 to 80. The trend for each trait is that individual differences in change are decreasing with age.

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Lukas Schellenberg @schellenberglukas.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Notably, effect sizes substantially differed across the three panels and sensitivity analyses indicated that the size of the effects depended on the time interval examined.

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Lukas Schellenberg @schellenberglukas.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Conversely, when people felt lonelier than usual, they tended to report being less extraverted, conscientious, emotionally stabile and agreeable 4 years later.

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Lukas Schellenberg @schellenberglukas.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

We found that when people were more extraverted, conscientious, and emotionally stable than usual, they tended to report fewer feelings of loneliness 4 years later.

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Lukas Schellenberg @schellenberglukas.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Preprint Radar 📡: Ever wondered how loneliness and personality interact with each other over time? Together with @wiebkeb.bsky.social and @peterhaehner.bsky.social ner.bsky.social, I examined this question using data from three nationally representative panels (N = 63,555). osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Lukas Schellenberg @schellenberglukas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Finally, class membership also depended on how the negative life event was perceived. For instance, those who perceived the event as more threatening to social status were less likely to belong to the High-Increasing Class.

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Lukas Schellenberg @schellenberglukas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Furthermore, class membership was largely determined by the Big Five traits, especially neuroticism. Those high in neuroticism were more likely to belong to the Very Low-Stable Class.

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Lukas Schellenberg @schellenberglukas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

We identified four classes with distinct self-esteem trajectories. Most people recover 📈, but some don’t 📉.

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Lukas Schellenberg @schellenberglukas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

New Preprint Alert! Why do people differ in their self-esteem development after a negative life event? With M. Altorfer, and @peterhaehner.bsky.social, I addressed this question by studying self-esteem changes over six months after a negative life event. Full preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Individual Differences in Self-Esteem Trajectories After Negative Life Events: The Role of the Big Five Personality Traits and Perceived Event Characteristics: osf.io/vx7zk_v1

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