Changing for the Better? Longitudinal Associations Between Volitional Personality Change and Psychological Well-Being  

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Hudson, Nathan W. ; Fraley, R. Chris

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 42 no. 5 (May 2016), page 603-615.
Topik: volitional change; personality development; well-being
Fulltext: Pers Soc Psychol Bull-2016-Hudson-603-15_her.pdf (644.28KB)

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Recent research has found that a vast majority of people want to change their personality traits—and they may be able to find some degree of success in doing so. However, desires for self-change have been theoretically and empirically linked to reduced well-being. The present study utilized a longitudinal design to better understand the associations between people’s desires and attempts to change their personality traits and their psychological well-being. Results indicated that possessing change goals did not necessarily predict growing deficits in well-being over time. In contrast, people who were able to change their personality traits in ways that aligned with their desires tended to experience increases in well-being over time. These findings are consistent with theory that dissatisfaction can precipitate change goals, and successful change can ameliorate dissatisfaction.

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