Therapy experience in naturalistic observational studies is associated with negative changes in personality |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA;2. Department of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA;3. Department of Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA;4. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA;1. Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA;2. Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA;3. Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA;4. Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany;5. Institute for Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany;6. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA;7. Research Service, South Texas Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA;8. State Key Laboratory for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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| Abstract: | Recent research has shown that personality traits change as a result of clinical therapy, although evidence for this effect is derived from efficacy studies that reflect relatively controlled experimental designs. Little is known about how therapy in real world contexts affects change in personality. In two longitudinal studies (N’s = 1270 and 5217), the present research examined whether personality trait change was associated with therapy experience. Propensity score matching was used to compare trajectories of personality trait change in individuals with and without therapy experiences. Overall, therapy experiences were associated with significant increases in undesirable traits and markers (e.g., chronic stress, depression, neuroticism), and significant decreases in desirable traits (e.g., self-esteem, conscientiousness). |
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| Keywords: | Personality Therapy Personality change |
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