Personality Traits and Living Arrangements in Young Adulthood: Selection and Socialization

Autor/inn/en	Jonkmann, Kathrin; Thoemmes, Felix; Lüdtke, Oliver; Trautwein, Ulrich
Titel	Personality Traits and Living Arrangements in Young Adulthood: Selection and Socialization
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 3, S.683-698 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0034239
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Socialization; Intimacy; Interpersonal Relationship; Place of Residence; High School Students; Prediction; Young Adults; Social Environment; Longitudinal Studies; High School Graduates; Regression (Statistics); Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Intimität; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Wohnort; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Vorhersage; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Soziales Umfeld; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Graduate; Graduates; Absolvent; Absolventin; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	Based on the social investment principle and theories of social relationship differentiation, the present study was conducted to investigate whether personality differences in high school predict young adults' living arrangements (with roommates or a romantic partner, alone, or staying with parents) 2 years later (selection) and whether these different social contexts provoke long-term personality changes (socialization). Using data from a 3-wave longitudinal study of 8,052 high school graduates in Germany, multinomial logistic regression analyses revealed substantial selection effects of the Big Five traits on living arrangements. Propensity score matching was applied to provide a strong test of the socialization effects of these living arrangements. Young adults who lived with roommates showed increases in Openness but the smallest increases in Conscientiousness. Living with a romantic partner was the most beneficial arrangement for the development of Conscientiousness. These results highlight the importance of social contexts for personality development in young adulthood. (As Provided).
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