Agency and Communion in Brief Entire Life Narratives Across the Life Span

IF 5 1区心理学 Q1 Psychology

Journal of Personality Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI:10.1111/jopy.12990

Nina F. Kemper, Theresa Martin, Lea Cohrs, Florian Schmiedek, Tilmann Habermas

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Abstract

ObjectiveThe evolving life story is integral to personality, and motivational themes are central features of the life story. Personality implies individual differences that are relatively stable over time, but still allow for developmental processes. This study explored both long‐term stability and developmental change in thematic content of the life story.MethodFulfilled and unfulfilled agency and communion were studied in brief entire life narratives across 4 measurements in 12 years in a cohort‐sequential design including six cohorts (n = 172; age 8–77).ResultsFulfilled agency and communion, as well as unfulfilled agency exhibited moderate rank order stability over 4 and 8 years, fulfilled communion showed even a modest 12‐year stability, whereas unfulfilled communion displayed an unsystematic pattern. Developmentally, multilevel analyses revealed an inverted U‐shaped association between age and both fulfilled and unfulfilled agency, peaking in mid‐life. Fulfilled communion declined after emerging adulthood, but unexpectedly did not increase again in old age. Unfulfilled communion showed no systematic age trends. Girls and women told life narratives with more fulfilled and unfulfilled communion, whereas genders did not differ in either kind of agency.ConclusionThe content of the life story exhibits rank‐order stability over time and systematic mean‐level development across the life span.

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跨越生命周期的简短一生叙事中的代理与共融

目标不断演变的人生故事是人格不可或缺的组成部分，而动机主题则是人生故事的核心特征。人格意味着个体差异随着时间的推移相对稳定，但仍有发展过程。本研究探讨了生命故事主题内容的长期稳定性和发展变化。研究方法通过队列-序列设计（包括六个队列（n = 172；年龄 8-77）），在 12 年中的 4 次测量中，在简短的整个生命叙事中研究了已实现和未实现的代理和共融。从发展角度看，多层次分析表明，年龄与充实型代理和非充实型代理之间存在倒 U 型关系，在中年期达到顶峰。在成年后，满足的共生关系有所下降，但出乎意料的是，到了老年，这种关系并没有再次上升。未实现的交际没有系统性的年龄趋势。女孩和女性在讲述人生故事时，有更多的成就感和非成就感，而两性在这两种代理方面没有差异。

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Journal of Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

9.60

自引率

6.00%

发文量

100

期刊介绍： Journal of Personality publishes scientific investigations in the field of personality. It focuses particularly on personality and behavior dynamics, personality development, and individual differences in the cognitive, affective, and interpersonal domains. The journal reflects and stimulates interest in the growth of new theoretical and methodological approaches in personality psychology.