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Personality Development: Stability and Change

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The previous chapter told of abnormal development in later life with the focus on disease. This chapter tells of normal development with the focus on personality. It will be seen that the research literature is inconsistent in what it tells and that there is controversy about whether change or stability characterizes adult development.

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Botwinick, J. (1984). Personality Development: Stability and Change. In: Aging and Behavior. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-38517-3_9

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