https://sarajweston.com/tags/big-five/Recent content in Big Five on Sara WestonHugoen-usWed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/graham-trajectories-2020/Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/graham-trajectories-2020/We fit the same growth models to 16 longitudinal samples of mostly midlife and older adults and combined the results. Extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness declined slightly on average, and neuroticism showed a U-shaped pattern.https://sarajweston.com/publication/hill-co-development-2018/Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/hill-co-development-2018/Using data from more than 20,000 older adults in the Health and Retirement Study, we examined how perceived support from children, family, friends, and spouses goes along with Big Five personality traits and with changes in those traits over time.https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-who-2018/Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:41:45 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-who-2018/Using about 2 million bank transactions from 2,133 people, we looked at how Big Five personality traits are associated with holiday spending. Neuroticism and openness were each associated with spending somewhat less, and the associations were small.