I have a little folder on my computer at work where I file away little links and things I meant to write about or mention on the site. I was very glad to see this recent article, Like Fine Wine, Personality Improves with Age. I’d like to think we can actually change and improve as we get older:
- The team found that conscientiousness increased with age, with the biggest jumps occurring among those individuals in their 20s. Agreeableness also climbed with age, largely among thirty-somethings. Men and women differed in their relative neuroticism: as women aged, their neurotic tendencies declined, but this was not the case for men. Openness waned slightly for both sexes, as did extraversion in women.