Predictors of volitional personality change in younger and older adults: Response surface analyses signify the complementary perspectives of the self and knowledgeable others |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Independent Researcher, 3200 Port Royale Dr. North, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308, USA;2. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1120 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL 33136, USA;3. Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Porta di Massa, 1, 80138 Naples, Italy;4. Department of Psychological Sciences, 210 McAlester Hall, University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211, USA;5. Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University, 250 Mills Godwin Life Sciences Bldg #134A, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA;6. Center of Atheneum SInAPSi, University of Naples Federico II, Via Giulio Cesare Cortese, 80138 Naples, Italy;1. The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland;2. National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine;3. National University Odessa Law Academy, Odessa, Ukraine;4. Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine;5. O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine;6. National Mining University, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine;7. University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland;1. Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada;2. University of Western Australia, Australia;3. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands;1. University of South Carolina Upstate, United States;2. University of California Davis, United States |
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| Abstract: | Goals to change personality traits have been linked to self-rated Big Five traits. Extending previous research, we investigated the associations between change goals and diverse personality characteristics (e.g., self-esteem), other-rated Big Five traits, and self-other agreement in an age-heterogeneous sample (N = 378). Results replicated previous associations of change goals with age and self-rated traits. Additionally, change goals were stronger when others rated a person’s traits as low and when self-other agreement about traits was greater for extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Associations of additional personality characteristics with change goals diminished when we controlled for the Big Five traits. We conclude that goals to change personality traits primarily reflect the perspective of the self and, for some traits, of knowledgeable others. |
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| Keywords: | Volitional personality development Change goals Other-report Characteristic adaptation Big Five Response surface analysis |
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