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Patterns of Continuity: A Dynamic Model for Conceptualizing the Stability of Individual Differences in Psychological Constructs
In contemporary psychology there is debate over whether individual differences in psychological constructs are stable over extended periods of time.
The discussion emphasizes the value of focusing on patterns of continuity, not only as phenomena to be explained but as data capable of clarifying the developmental processes underlying stability and change for a variety of psychological constructs.
One of the arguments we make in this article is that the size of test-retest coefficients for a psychological construct has little to say about the kinds of processes that promote stability and change.
Although we focus on the continuity of personality traits, it is important to emphasize that empirical patterns could be reconstructed for any kind of psychological construct for which people vary (e.g.
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