Paul T. Costa

Personality, coping, and coping effectiveness in an adult sample

Abstract Two studies of coping among community‐dwelling adults ( N = 255,151) were used to examine the influence of personality on coping responses, the perceived effectiveness ...

Stability and change in personality from adolescence through adulthood.

Trait psychology comes of age.

From catalog to classification: Murray's needs and the five-factor model.

Objective Personality Assessment

The five-factor theory of personality.

Personality in Adulthood

Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this influential work argues for the enduring stability of personality across adult development. It also offers a highly accessible...

Updating Norman's "adequacy taxonomy": Intelligence and personality dimensions in natural language and in questionnaires.

Research on the dimensions of personality represented in the English language has repeatedly led to the identification of five factors (Norman, 1963). An alternative classificat...

Age Differences in Personality Structure: a Cluster Analytic Approach

A cluster analytic approach was used to determine possible age differences in the structure of personality as measured by the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire. S...