Personality stability and its implications for clinical psychology
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Costa, PT; McCrae, RR
Published in: Clinical Psychology Review
January 1, 1986
Over the past decade, a series of longitudinal studies have demonstrated that personality traits are stable in adulthood: There are no age-related shifts in mean levels, and individuals maintain very similar rank ordering on traits after intervals of up to 30 years. These findings should be of interest to clinicians because they point to important similarities between normal personality and personality disorders, facilitate research on the psychological processes that maintain both adaptive and maladaptive traits, serve as a reminder that current problems in functioning may be the expression of enduring personality patterns, and foster more realistic expectations about how much therapeutic change is possible. © 1986.
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Clinical Psychology Review
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0272-7358
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Volume
6
Issue
5
Start / End Page
407 / 423
Related Subject Headings
- Clinical Psychology
- 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1701 Psychology
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Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1986). Personality stability and its implications for clinical psychology. Clinical Psychology Review, 6(5), 407–423. https://doi.org/10.1016/0272-7358(86)90029-2
Costa, P. T., and R. R. McCrae. “Personality stability and its implications for clinical psychology.” Clinical Psychology Review 6, no. 5 (January 1, 1986): 407–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/0272-7358(86)90029-2.
Costa PT, McCrae RR. Personality stability and its implications for clinical psychology. Clinical Psychology Review. 1986 Jan 1;6(5):407–23.
Costa, P. T., and R. R. McCrae. “Personality stability and its implications for clinical psychology.” Clinical Psychology Review, vol. 6, no. 5, Jan. 1986, pp. 407–23. Scopus, doi:10.1016/0272-7358(86)90029-2.
Costa PT, McCrae RR. Personality stability and its implications for clinical psychology. Clinical Psychology Review. 1986 Jan 1;6(5):407–423.
Published In
Clinical Psychology Review
DOI
ISSN
0272-7358
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Volume
6
Issue
5
Start / End Page
407 / 423
Related Subject Headings
- Clinical Psychology
- 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1701 Psychology