THE FUSE

Wish you could change, but think you're too old? You'll be happy to know that a growing body of research shows the continued evolution of personality across the decades of adulthood. What’s unclear from this literature is whether this evolution is in a good (adaptable) or bad (maladaptive) direction. In the best of all possible worlds, people would show positive growth over time as they adapt to the many left curves that life can throw at them. The question is, how can this be proven?