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Greenfieldboyce states that personality traits individuals create in their younger years are carried with them throughout their whole life and essentially the individual does not change (Greenfieldboyce, 2013). Studies show that individuals who are middle aged and older become more involved with their work lives and see themselves as more responsible human beings (Roberts, & Mroczek, 2008). The women in this study were less neurotic and commonly more extroverted than men. There was research done to test the theory that personality relies heavily on a person’s age. A person’s personality is shaped by influences from their environment, so during adolescence an individual will be exposed to things that one must carry on with them once they are older (Allik, Kaia, Realo, & Pullmann, 2004).Once again when an individual is older one is faced with more changes within their environment and have more outside influences. Individuals can choose to portray the same traits that they have had when younger, or they can choose to act differently once they are older. Some personality traits are everlasting and some change when an individual transition from young adulthood based on the life situations one has experienced (Leikas, Salmela-Aro, 2014). In the current study, the analysis is devoted to the relationship between ages of the individual and if they share the same personality traits as they did when they were younger as opposed to now. Surveying undergraduate students on what personality traits they possessed during their adolescent years versus now will indicate if a personality change is present among college students. Review of the Literature There are many factors that are studied in the area of one’s personality. One of the facto... ... middle of paper ... ...nventory with questions ranging from Neuroticism to Openness and found many of the scores differed within age groups. The middle adulthood participants didn’t score as high in Neuroticism as the old age group did, but they scored the same on openness and other areas of the big five personalities. This study goes to show that personalities do alter with any given age (Allemand, Zimprich, Hertzog, 2007). Personality is highly influenced by one’s environment and age. The current study will be using undergraduate students recalling what their personality traits were in the past rather than most studies which are longitudinal and following the participants from when they were younger to adulthood. The current study will determine if there is a significant difference among the changes in personality over time during their adolescent years versus the participant’s age now.

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