Adolescents’ Personality Development – A Question of Psychosocial Stress

• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.785610
• Publication Date: 2021-12-17T05:55:37Z
• Authors: Diana Raufelder; Frances Hoferichter; Stefan Kulakow; Sabrina Golde; Tobias Gleich; Lydia Romund; Robert C. Lorenz; Patricia Pelz; Anne Beck
• Keywords: Conscientiousness; Social Stress

Following the relational-developmental systems approach, this three-wave study examines whether acute stress (T2) mediates relationship between development of personality traits from beginning 8th grade (T1, M age = 15.63, SD 0.59; 22 girls) to end 9th (T3). Using Montréal Imaging Stress Task, which is a task that provokes social by negative feedback, combined functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), heart rate, and longitudinal survey data 41 adolescents. Mediation analysis revealed stress-induced left insula activation partially stability conscientiousness. These results highlight impact feedback during on students’ development.