The 4 relational events that change our personality. Social psychologist Theresa E.
DiDonato explains how our personality traits change as our lives change. “Research shows again and again that the worlds we live in can have a surprising effect on seemingly stable aspects of the ‘self,’ such as personality,” the social psychologist emphasizes at the start of the article. More precisely, it is based here on the conclusions of recent studies (2023) which examined variations in the five major personality traits over more time.