A distinction can be drawn between personal development and personal growth. Despite their similarities, linguistic analysis shows the two concepts to convey different ideas. Personal development is a process concerned with specific aspects of the individual: the development of ‘what’, and the ways this can be planned, achieved and evaluated. Personal growth, on the otherRead more ⟶
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PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT: Stability and Change
AbstractIn this review, we evaluate four topics in the study of personality development where discernible progress has been made since 1995. We (a) evaluate research about the structure of personality in childhood and in adulthood, with special attention to possible developmental changes in the lower-order components of broad traits; (b) summarize new directions in behavioralRead more ⟶