The Temporal Consistency of Personality Effects: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

Andrew J. Bloeser; Damarys Canache; Dona Gene Mitchell; Jeffery J. Mondak; Emily Rowan Poore

doi:10.1111/pops.12067

The Temporal Consistency of Personality Effects: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

Andrew J. Bloeser, Damarys Canache, Dona Gene Mitchell, Jeffery J. Mondak, Emily Rowan Poore

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Personality traits have been posited to function as stable influences on political attitudes and behavior. Although personality traits themselves exhibit high levels of temporal stability, it is not yet known whether the effects of these traits are marked by comparable temporal consistency. To address this question, this research note examines data from Wave 13 (2003-2004), Wave 15 (2005-2006) and Wave 17 (2007-2008) of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). Twenty-seven behavioral and 14 attitudinal dependent variables are studied. Consistency of effects is gauged via a series of multilevel models in which personality effects are permitted to vary by year. High levels of temporal consistency are observed for personality traits as represented by the Big Five framework.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	331-340
Number of pages	10
Journal	Political Psychology
Volume	36
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12067
State	Published - Jun 1 2015

Keywords

Big Five
British Household Panel Survey
Personality
Temporal consistency

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Social Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Sociology and Political Science
Philosophy
Political Science and International Relations

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