Which positive personality traits do people want to change?

IF 3.6 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL European Journal of Personality Pub Date : 2023-11-11 DOI:10.1177/08902070231211957
Fabian Gander, Lisa Wagner
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Most people want to change some of their personality traits, typically those they and others perceive as lacking. However, past research focused on student samples and higher-order traits and has not fully explored the attributes of traits that predict change goals. As a replication and extension of previous findings, two studies examined (1) whether people want to change their character strengths and how character strengths change goals relate to (2) character strength levels, (3) age, and (4) well-being. Further, we examined which (5) attributes of character strengths, such as their association with morality or well-being, predict change goals. Participants (Study 1: N = 2,792 German-speaking adults, 79.2% women, median = 46 years; Study 2: N = 6,787 English-speaking adults, 67.0% women, median = 32 years) completed measures of character strengths, character strengths change goals, and well-being. A subsample ( n = 1,739) provided informant ratings. Results showed that participants wanted to increase all 24 character strengths. Most change goals showed negligible associations with participants’ well-being and age. Except for spirituality, participants—especially the less happy—wanted to change those character strengths they lacked. The character strengths’ relationship with well-being, but not their moral value, predicted the goals to change them.
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人们想要改变哪些积极的性格特征?
大多数人都想改变他们的一些性格特征,尤其是那些他们和其他人认为缺乏的。然而,过去的研究主要集中在学生样本和高阶特征上,并没有充分探索预测改变目标的特征的属性。作为先前研究结果的复制和延伸,两项研究考察了(1)人们是否想要改变他们的性格优势,以及性格优势改变目标与(2)性格优势水平、(3)年龄和(4)幸福感之间的关系。此外,我们研究了性格优势的哪些属性,如与道德或幸福感的关联,可以预测改变目标。参与者(研究1:N = 2792名讲德语的成年人,79.2%为女性,中位数= 46岁;研究2:N = 6,787名说英语的成年人,67.0%为女性,中位数= 32岁)完成了性格优势、性格优势改变目标和幸福感的测量。子样本(n = 1,739)提供了举报人的评分。结果显示,参与者希望增加所有24种性格优势。大多数改变目标与参与者的幸福感和年龄的关系微不足道。除了精神方面,参与者——尤其是那些不太快乐的人——都希望改变他们所缺乏的性格优势。性格优势与幸福感的关系,而不是他们的道德价值,预测了改变他们的目标。
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European Journal of Personality
European Journal of Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-
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11.90
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48
期刊介绍: It is intended that the journal reflects all areas of current personality psychology. The Journal emphasizes (1) human individuality as manifested in cognitive processes, emotional and motivational functioning, and their physiological and genetic underpinnings, and personal ways of interacting with the environment, (2) individual differences in personality structure and dynamics, (3) studies of intelligence and interindividual differences in cognitive functioning, and (4) development of personality differences as revealed by cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.
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