Peters, Anna-Lena: Goals to change oneself: A state and trait perspective on self-regulated personality development in adulthood. 2015
Inhalt
- Abstract
- Zusammenfassung
- 1. Introduction and overview
- 1.1 The hierarchical structure of personality
- 1.2 Approaches to stability and change in personality
- 1.3 Personality trait development across the lifespan: Patterns and mechanisms
- 1.5 Goals to change oneself
- 1.6 Change goals as driving factors in adult personality development
- 1.7 Integrating trait and state perspectives on personality development
- 1.8 The present dissertation
- 2. To what extent can we influence personality change? – Motivational determinants of personality development
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 What factors drive adult personality development?
- 2.3 The active role of the individual: Self-regulated personality development
- 2.4 Short-term personality development: Can personality traits change within a relatively short period of time?
- 2.5 Goals to change oneself and personality trait development: Can people really change for the better simply if they want to?
- 2.6 Major life goals and personality trait development
- 2.7 The present study
- 2.8 Method
- 2.8.1 Participants
- 2.8.2 Procedure
- 2.8.3 Measures
- 2.8.4 Data analysis
- 2.9 Results
- 2.9.1 Attrition analyses
- 2.9.2 Measurement invariance model
- 2.9.3 Short-term changes in personality traits across nine months
- 2.9.4 Change goals as predictors of mean-level personality trait changes
- 2.9.5 Major life goals as predictors of mean-level personality trait changes and inter-individual differences in change
- 2.10 Discussion
- 2.10.1 Can personality traits change within a relatively short period of time?
- 2.10.2 Goals to change oneself and personality trait development: Can people really change for the better simply if they want to?
- 2.10.3 Major life goals and personality trait development
- 2.10.4 Limitations and future directions
- 2.11 Conclusion
- 3. A micro-analytical perspective on intentional personality change: Linking goals to change oneself, personality states and major life goals
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Personality states as a function of goals to change oneself
- 3.3 Major life goals and personality states
- 3.4 Transactions between personality traits and investment into trait-related behavior
- 3.5 The present study
- 3.6 Method
- 3.6.1. Participants
- 3.6.2 Procedure
- 3.6.3 Measures
- 3.6.4 Data analysis
- 3.7 Results
- 3.7.1 Within- and between-person variability in personality states
- 3.7.2 Personality states as a function of current change goal characteristics
- 3.7.3 Major life goals and personality states
- 3.7.4 Transactions between personality traits and investment into trait-related behavior
- 3.8 Discussion
- 3.8.1 Personality states as a function of current change goal characteristics
- 3.8.2 Major life goals and personality states
- 3.8.3 Transactions between personality traits and investment into trait-related behavior
- 3.8.4 Limitations and future directions
- 3.9 Conclusion
- 4. General discussion and future directions
- 4.1 Explaining normative changes in personality traits
- 4.2 Can interventions help individuals change their personality traits?
- 5. Conclusion
- 6. References
- 7. Appendices