Perception of major life events and personality trait change

Major life events can trigger personality trait change. However, a clear, replicable pattern of event-related change has yet to be identified. We examined whether the perception major is associated with Therefore, we assessed young adults’ traits at five measurement occasions within 1 year. At second occasion, also their recently experienced event using Event Characteristics Questionnaire. Contrary our expectations, perceived impact was not amount change, but valence changes in agreeableness and neuroticism. Exploratory analyses revealed some weak associations between other characteristics as well interactions categories predicting In general, effect sizes were small, depended on time interval pre-event post-event assessment. Results indicate that should considered when examining