TY - JOUR
T1 - Processes of Personality Development in Adulthood
T2 - The TESSERA Framework
AU - Wrzus, Cornelia
AU - Roberts, Brent W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - The current article presents a theoretical framework of the short- and long-term processes underlying personality development throughout adulthood. The newly developed TESSERA framework posits that long-term personality development occurs due to repeated short-term, situational processes. These short-term processes can be generalized as recursive sequence of Triggering situations, Expectancy, States/State expressions, and Reactions (TESSERA). Reflective and associative processes on TESSERA sequences can lead to personality development (i.e., continuity and lasting changes in explicit and implicit personality characteristics and behavioral patterns). We illustrate how the TESSERA framework facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of normative and differential personality development at various ages during the life span. The TESSERA framework extends previous theories by explicitly linking short- and long-term processes of personality development, by addressing different manifestations of personality, and by being applicable to different personality characteristics, for example, behavioral traits, motivational orientations, or life narratives.
AB - The current article presents a theoretical framework of the short- and long-term processes underlying personality development throughout adulthood. The newly developed TESSERA framework posits that long-term personality development occurs due to repeated short-term, situational processes. These short-term processes can be generalized as recursive sequence of Triggering situations, Expectancy, States/State expressions, and Reactions (TESSERA). Reflective and associative processes on TESSERA sequences can lead to personality development (i.e., continuity and lasting changes in explicit and implicit personality characteristics and behavioral patterns). We illustrate how the TESSERA framework facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of normative and differential personality development at various ages during the life span. The TESSERA framework extends previous theories by explicitly linking short- and long-term processes of personality development, by addressing different manifestations of personality, and by being applicable to different personality characteristics, for example, behavioral traits, motivational orientations, or life narratives.
KW - life span
KW - long-term personality development
KW - person–situation transaction
KW - short-term processes
KW - social-cognitive learning
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U2 - 10.1177/1088868316652279
DO - 10.1177/1088868316652279
M3 - Article
C2 - 27260302
AN - SCOPUS:85021961218
SN - 1088-8683
VL - 21
SP - 253
EP - 277
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Review
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Review
IS - 3
ER -