Overcoming challenges as part of maturation: Evidence for a personality “disruption” in adolescence from a two-cohort HEXACO study
Findings show a pattern of disruption, though small declines may reflect adaptive learning. However, lower trait scores were linked to higher depressive symptoms, highlighting the need for research on individual developmental trajectories.
Authors
- Reubs J. Walsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5592-7562)
- Michaela Kaneva
- Mariët van Buuren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9330-5617)
- Lydia Krabbendam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4074-5149)
- Miriam Hollarek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5141-9261)
- Hester Sijtsma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1820-0559)
- Nikki C. Lee
- Reinout E. De Vries
Institutions
- University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (NL)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Psychologica
- Published
- 2026-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106715
- Primary Topic
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00