Volitional personality trait change: Can people choose to change their personality traits?

NW Hudson, RC Fraley - Journal of personality and social …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Previous research has found that most people want to change their personality traits. But
can people actually change their personalities just because they want to? To answer this …

You have to follow through: Attaining behavioral change goals predicts volitional personality change.

NW Hudson, DA Briley, WJ Chopik… - Journal of personality …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Prior research has found that people's desires to change their personality traits predict
corresponding subsequent trait growth over time. However, few studies have examined the …

Goals to change personality traits: Concurrent links between personality traits, daily behavior, and goals to change oneself

NW Hudson, BW Roberts - Journal of Research in Personality, 2014 - Elsevier
Across four studies, we developed and validated a measure of people's goals to change
their personality traits. In doing so, we explored the prevalence and correlates of such …

[PDF][PDF] Response biases

E Wetzel, JR Böhnke, A Brown - 2016 - kar.kent.ac.uk
Most assessments of psychological constructs such as personality traits, interests, or
attitudes rely on questionnaires where respondents are required to describe themselves …

Becoming more conscientious or more open to experience? Effects of a two–week smartphone–based intervention for personality change

M Stieger, S Wepfer, D Rüegger… - European Journal …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Research indicates that it might be possible to change personality traits through intervention,
but this clinical research has primarily focused on changing neuroticism. To date, there are …

Change goals robustly predict trait growth: A mega-analysis of a dozen intensive longitudinal studies examining volitional change

NW Hudson, RC Fraley, WJ Chopik… - Social Psychological …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Research suggests that change goals (desires to change personality traits) predict
subsequent trait growth. In this article, we (re) analyzed all data our labs have collected as of …

Daily life processes predict long-term development in explicit and implicit representations of Big Five traits: Testing predictions from the TESSERA (Triggering …

M Quintus, B Egloff, C Wrzus - Journal of Personality and Social …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examined daily life processes and their contribution to long-term continuity and
change in explicit and implicit representations of Big 5 traits. The TESSERA framework …

Who wants to change and how? On the trait-specificity of personality change goals.

I Thielmann, RE De Vries - Journal of Personality and Social …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
The study of volitional personality change has received increasing attention in recent years,
suggesting that individuals want to change for the better particularly on those socially …

The impact of coaching on the emotional and social intelligence competencies of leaders

P Schaap, M Dippenaar - South African Journal of Economic and …, 2017 - journals.co.za
Background: The development of the emotional intelligence of leaders has become an
exceptionally popular enterprise. However, the empirical research conducted by …

Do people's desires to change their personality traits vary with age? An examination of trait change goals across adulthood

NW Hudson, RC Fraley - Social Psychological and …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Research suggests most people want to change their personality traits. Existing studies
have, however, almost exclusively examined college-aged samples. Thus, it remains …