Abstract
Zusammenfassung. Kritische Lebensereignisse wurden bislang überwiegend als antezedente Bedingungen von Entwicklungs- und Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen gesehen. Eher vernachlässigt blieb demgegenüber, daß sich Persönlichkeitsmerkmale, vermittelt über Person-Umwelt-Koordinierungen, ihrerseits auf die Ereignisstruktur der persönlichen Biographie auswirken können. Beobachtungen an einer Kernstichprobe von 938 Personen im Altersbereich von 28 bis 62 Jahren stützen diese Annahme. Ergebnisse logistischer und multipler Regressionsanalysen weisen darauf hin, daß nicht nur die Verarbeitung, sondern schon die Auftrittswahrscheinlichkeit bestimmter Ereignisse von differentiellen Merkmalen abhängt. Diese Beziehungen zeigen sich auch in longitudinal-prospektiven Daten. Vorschläge für zukünftige Forschungsbemühungen und allgemeinere theoretische Implikationen werden erörtert.
Abstract. Whereas life-event research has primarily centered on the developmental and differential effects of life events, the present study focuses on influences in the opposite direction. Proceeding from an action-theoretical perspective on development, it is assumed that dispositional differences are expressed in preferences for particular environments and developmental niches. According to this theoretical perspective, differential factors should influence the probability of experiencing particular types of events. Observations on a sample of 938 participants in the age range of 28 to 62 years support this assumption. Logistic and multiple regression analyses hint that differential traits are predictive of particular types of biographical events. These relationships also emerge when personality traits are assessed prior to the event. Suggestions for future research as well as general theoretical implications are discussed.
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