At 77 you are a completely different person from your 14 self

Science Iulia Postelnicu
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A new study, that has been the longest regarding personality, reveals how much we change during our lives.

The changes that occur can be so big that we can become completely different persons.

The study was ran at the University of Edinburgh and consisted of analyzing a research from the 40’s. more than 1200 14-year-olds were involved. Their personalities were observed by their teachers.

The teachers had to respond to several questions regarding their students’ personalities. These questions were about their wish to excel, confidence, originality amongst others.

After so many years passed, the team from Edinburgh contacted about half of the ones that took part in the study. About 170 of them were willing to retake the personality test.

They all had ages that were around 76-77. They nominated themselves in the test and also, asked an acquaintance to do the same.

When the team confronted the two results, they found no match. The correlations weren’t big enough to actually say that they were similarities. They were hoping to find similar results, but they found no trace of stability.

Therefore, our 14-year-old self is very different from what we are going to be when we are in our seventies.

Previous researches showed that there is a stability from childhood to middle age and then from the middle age to later in life.

Scientists think that major changes occur over a larger period of time. In short intervals, the personality does not go through big changes.

Tests will probably be held in the future to establish for real this difference.