Abstract
Adolescence is a relevant transitional stage in which important changes in personality are presumed. However, studies on development of personality in adolescence within the framework of Five-Factor Model are scarce, which is the aim of the present study. A 4-year longitudinal study was developed in 234 adolescents (61.5% females). Personality was measured using the Junior Spanish version of the NEO-PI-R (JS NEO) in T1 (11–12 years) and in T2 (15–16 years). Analyses of structural continuity showed no differences on personality structure across time. Rank-order consistency ranged from .42 to .50. Mean-level changes showed a decrease in Conscientiousness and Agreeableness. Ipsative stability presented a median of .58 in the q-correlations, and changes of 9.8% in the Cronbach and Gleser’s indices. Finally, the highest individual-level changes were found for Neuroticism (22.2%) and Conscientiousness (34.6%). These results suggest that the five basic personality dimensions in adolescence are more stable than it was expected.
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