https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00049839https://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dbt_derivate_00054238/PER_PER2291.pdfhttps://www.db-thueringen.de/rsc/thumbnail/dbt_mods_00049839.png text article Do Sojourn Effects on Personality Trait Changes Last? A Five‐Year Longitudinal Study Richter, Julia Richter Julia Bielefeld University aut Author article Zimmermann, Julia Zimmermann Julia FernUniversität in Hagen aut Author Neyer, Franz J. Neyer Franz J. Friedrich‐Schiller University Jena aut Author 114622922 0000-0001-8123-2011 Kandler, Christian Kandler Christian University of Bremen aut Author Back, Mitja Back Mitja edt Editor urn:nbn:de:gbv:27-dbt-20210913-104303-006 10.1002/per.2291 2020-07-21 London Sage Publications 1 22 2020 continuingjournal journal European Journal of Personality 0890-2070 1099-0984 SAGE Publications London, England 1987 text en 150 This study examined sojourners' long‐term personality trait changes over five years, extending previous research on immediate sojourn effects. A sample of German students ( N = 1095) was surveyed thrice (T1–T3) over the course of an academic year. Sojourners ( n = 498) lived abroad shortly after T1 for one or two semesters; stayers ( n = 597) remained in their home country. Five years after T1, we surveyed the same participants ( n = 441, 40.3%) again (T4). Beyond substantial selection effects, latent neighbour‐change models revealed that small differences between sojourners' and stayers' openness, agreeableness, and neuroticism changes occurred early after sojourn‐induced contextual change. Model estimates suggested sustained sojourn effects on openness and neuroticism changes thereafter and a reversed effect on agreeableness change after return. Because of reduced power and low accuracy at T4, these estimates were not statistically significant. Based on model comparison analyses, however, we could rule out reversed effects for openness and accentuated effects for agreeableness and neuroticism as least likely. Moreover, separating short‐term and long‐term sojourners revealed no substantial differences, but recurring sojourn experiences tended to play a role in sustaining differences. We discuss implications for future studies on patterns of sojourn effects on personality trait changes. © 2020 The Authors. European Journal of Personality published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Association of Personality Psychology Big Five personality trait changes sojourn experience student mobility lasting personality trait changes long‐term sojourn effects en 22 Seiten 150 his Host institution Zweitveröffentlichung dbt_mods_00049839https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00049839