Perceived Characteristics of Life Events—Short-Term Changes in Prosociality and Empathy?

IF 3.6 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL European Journal of Personality Pub Date : 2021-07-29 DOI:10.1177/08902070211031762
I. Fassbender, P. Haehner, S. Buecker, Maike Luhmann
{"title":"Perceived Characteristics of Life Events—Short-Term Changes in Prosociality and Empathy?","authors":"I. Fassbender, P. Haehner, S. Buecker, Maike Luhmann","doi":"10.1177/08902070211031762","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Post-traumatic growth can be understood as positive change in desirable personality traits after adverse life events. However, recent research questioned whether adversity is a relevant, necessary, and sufficient condition for change in desirable personality traits. Using five-wave longitudinal data, this study explored changes in the desirable personality traits prosociality and empathy before and after life events. We included all life events participants had experienced between the second and third assessment, that is, adverse, ambiguous, and positive events. Participants rated their life events on the Event Characteristics Questionnaire which assesses the individual perception of life events on nine continuous dimensions: challenge, emotional significance, extraordinariness, external control, impact, valence, social status change, predictability, and change in world views. We used multilevel growth curve models to explore changes in prosociality and empathy as a function of these event characteristics. Prosociality and empathy remained stable in the assessment period of 6 to 9 months after the reported life event, independently of whether the event had been perceived as adverse or not. We discuss our findings with respect to the inclusion of positive and ambiguous events as predictors of personality change and with respect to its theoretical implications for post-traumatic growth and personality development more broadly.","PeriodicalId":51376,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Personality","volume":"36 1","pages":"529 - 542"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6000,"publicationDate":"2021-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European Journal of Personality","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211031762","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 8

Abstract

Post-traumatic growth can be understood as positive change in desirable personality traits after adverse life events. However, recent research questioned whether adversity is a relevant, necessary, and sufficient condition for change in desirable personality traits. Using five-wave longitudinal data, this study explored changes in the desirable personality traits prosociality and empathy before and after life events. We included all life events participants had experienced between the second and third assessment, that is, adverse, ambiguous, and positive events. Participants rated their life events on the Event Characteristics Questionnaire which assesses the individual perception of life events on nine continuous dimensions: challenge, emotional significance, extraordinariness, external control, impact, valence, social status change, predictability, and change in world views. We used multilevel growth curve models to explore changes in prosociality and empathy as a function of these event characteristics. Prosociality and empathy remained stable in the assessment period of 6 to 9 months after the reported life event, independently of whether the event had been perceived as adverse or not. We discuss our findings with respect to the inclusion of positive and ambiguous events as predictors of personality change and with respect to its theoretical implications for post-traumatic growth and personality development more broadly.
查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
生活事件的感知特征——积极性和同理心的短期变化?
创伤后成长可以理解为不良生活事件后理想人格特征的积极变化。然而,最近的研究质疑逆境是否是改变理想人格特质的相关、必要和充分条件。本研究采用五波纵向数据,探讨了生活事件前后理想人格特征亲社会性和共情性的变化。我们纳入了参与者在第二次和第三次评估之间经历的所有生活事件,即不利的,模糊的和积极的事件。参与者在事件特征问卷上对他们的生活事件进行评分,该问卷从九个连续的维度评估个人对生活事件的感知:挑战、情感重要性、非凡性、外部控制、影响、效价、社会地位变化、可预测性和世界观的变化。我们使用多水平成长曲线模型来探讨亲社会性和共情作为这些事件特征的函数的变化。亲社会性和共情在报告的生活事件发生后的6至9个月的评估期内保持稳定,与该事件是否被认为是不利的无关。我们讨论了我们的研究结果,包括积极和模糊事件作为人格改变的预测因素,以及其对创伤后成长和人格发展的理论意义。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
European Journal of Personality
European Journal of Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-
CiteScore
11.90
自引率
8.50%
发文量
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.
期刊最新文献
From theory to research: Interpretational guidelines, statistical guidance, and a shiny app for the model of excellencism and perfectionism The complexity of the pursuit of happiness is associated with the success of well-being related behaviors in everyday life Personality is (so much) more than just self-reported Big Five traits My willpower belief and yours: Investigating dyadic associations between willpower beliefs, social support, and relationship satisfaction in couples Between- and within-person longitudinal associations between personality traits and social support across relationships during older adulthood
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1