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The research aims to assess how extremely adverse life events affect personality traits based on the five-factor model.

Self‐reported extremely adverse life events and longitudinal changes in five‐factor model personality traits in an urban sample

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The research aims to assess how extremely adverse life events affect personality traits based on the five-factor model.
Longitudinal study design with personality assessments conducted twice over an average of 8 years.
Sample size included 458 participants from East Baltimore, focusing on those who reported extreme events.
Personality traits were evaluated, particularly changes in neuroticism, agreeableness, and openness.
Participants reporting extreme events showed a 25% increase in neuroticism and decreases in agreeableness and openness.
Lower baseline levels of extraversion and conscientiousness were linked to poorer mental health at follow-up.
There was no relationship between baseline personality and future events.

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Longitudinal study examines personality changes after adverse events, revealing impacts on mental health.

Löckenhoff et al. (2009) studied this question.

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