Life Events and Personality Change: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

IF 3.6 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Janina Larissa Bühler, U. Orth, W. Bleidorn, E. Weber, A. Kretzschmar, L. Scheling, C. Hopwood
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Abstract

While there is some evidence for changes in personality traits, life satisfaction, and self-esteem as a function of life events, effects have been small and inconsistent across studies. In this preregistered meta-analysis, we summarize the available evidence on personality change in response to life events using data from 44 studies, including 89 samples with a total of 121,187 participants. Results supported reliable and specific albeit relatively small effects of life events on personality change. Effects were larger and more consistent in the work than in the love domain, with graduation, the first job, a new relationship, marriage, and divorce showing the strongest effects on change in personality variables. Estimates were largely comparable across samples with and without comparison groups. Finally, moderator analyses indicated significant effects of time lag on the links between life events in the love domain and personality change but no effects of other examined variables. We discuss these results in the context of a field-wide turn towards designs that go beyond the study of single life events to examine the mechanisms of personality change using more sophisticated and sensitive designs.
生活事件与人格变化:系统综述与荟萃分析
虽然有一些证据表明,人格特征、生活满意度和自尊是生活事件的一个函数,但研究的影响很小,而且不一致。在这篇预注册的荟萃分析中,我们利用44项研究的数据,包括89个样本,共计121187名参与者,总结了人格变化对生活事件反应的现有证据。结果支持可靠和具体的,尽管相对较小的生活事件对人格改变的影响。在工作方面的影响比在爱情方面的影响更大、更一致,毕业、第一份工作、一段新恋情、结婚和离婚对性格变量的变化影响最大。估算值在有和没有对照组的样本之间基本上具有可比性。最后,调节分析表明,时间滞后对恋爱领域生活事件与人格变化之间的联系有显著影响,但对其他被测变量没有影响。我们讨论这些结果的背景是,一个广泛的设计转向超越单一生活事件的研究,使用更复杂和敏感的设计来检查人格改变的机制。
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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.
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