{"title":"Dark and Blue: A meta-analysis of the relationship between Dark Triad and depressive symptoms","authors":"Chunwei Lyu , Danna Xu , Guo Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104553","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104553","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Certain personality traits and depression formation are closely related, but when exploring the relationship between personality traits and depressive symptoms, researchers have paid little attention to dark personality traits. Although current studies have explored the correlations between the dark triad and depressive symptoms, different findings have been provided. This study conducted a <em>meta</em>-analysis that included 31 studies involving 15,567 participants. The results indicated that both psychopathy and machiavellianism had significant positive correlations with depressive symptoms, while the correlation between narcissism and depressive symptoms was not significant. In addition, this correlation varies due to the different instruments. Psychologists and healthcare professionals need to take into account the important role of the dark triad traits when identifying, preventing, and treating depressive symptoms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 104553"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142744293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Henry Putney , Sarah Silver , Paul J. Silvia , Alexander P. Christensen , Katherine N. Cotter
{"title":"Why does Creativity Foster Well-Being? Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness during Everyday Creative Activities","authors":"Henry Putney , Sarah Silver , Paul J. Silvia , Alexander P. Christensen , Katherine N. Cotter","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104552","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104552","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study of creativity in daily life explores creativity as it happens. A consistent finding is that engaging in creative activities predicts greater positive emotions, particularly for activated positive states. To understand why creative activity might foster well-being, we turned to self-determination theory’s (SDT) organismic needs—autonomy, competence, and relatedness. We conducted a seven-day experience sampling study of 125 university students, many majoring in creative fields. We asked about current creative activity, emotional state, and experience of autonomy, competence, and relatedness. At the within-person level, all three needs significantly mediated the relationship between doing something creative and increased positive emotion and reduced negative emotion, with the most consistent effects for high arousal positive emotion and low arousal negative emotion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 104552"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142704903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tim Temizyürek , George B. Richardson , Gillian R. Brown
{"title":"Comparability of personality facets between men and women: A test of measurement invariance in IPIP-NEO facets in 49 countries","authors":"Tim Temizyürek , George B. Richardson , Gillian R. Brown","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104551","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104551","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Identifying whether men and women differ in their personalities, and whether such differences are robust across populations, requires researchers to consider measurement invariance (MI) when comparing between groups. Here, we examined thirty facets of the 120-item IPIP-NEO personality measure between genders (49 countries, N = 831,849). Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) revealed that only about half of the facets exhibited robust factor structure within each gender. Based on multi-group CFAs, some facets consistently exhibited scalar MI between the genders in the majority of countries, whereas others reached this MI level in few, or zero, countries. These findings suggest that caution is warranted when comparing personality between genders in cross-cultural datasets and that such comparisons might be more appropriate for some facets than others.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 104551"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142704904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erica Baranski , Ramona L. Martinez , Zihan Liu , Kevin Hoff
{"title":"Exploring the dynamics of volitional personality change: A psychoeducational intervention study with young adults transitioning to the workforce","authors":"Erica Baranski , Ramona L. Martinez , Zihan Liu , Kevin Hoff","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104549","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104549","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>College graduates transitioning to the workforce completed a 13-week, light, psychoeducation intervention designed to increase volitional personality change motivation via weekly email newsletters. Contrary to expectations, the intervention did not significantly enhance overall change motivation or consistently inspire desired trait change goals following the study period or after 6 or 10 months. However, participants in the intervention group did report increased desire to change emotional stability at specific points during the study. These findings underscore the limitations of this particular psychoeducational intervention approach and help to fill in the boundary conditions of when and how personality change is possible. Additionally, using pre-registered analyses, we successfully replicated key findings in volitional personality change literature, effectively laying a foundation for future research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 104549"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142744292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The dynamic relationship between state extraversion and the subjectively perceived situational sociality in continuous time","authors":"Gaja Zager Kocjan , Gregor Sočan , Vesna Buško , Andreja Avsec","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104550","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104550","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examined the dynamic interplay between extraversion and subjectively perceived sociality of situations using continuous-time dynamic modeling. In a week-long experience sampling study, we collected 4,694 reports of state extraversion and perceived sociality from a sample of university students. Results showed that changes in state extraversion lasted longer and took longer to return to baseline than changes in perceived sociality. Increases in state extraversion predicted subsequent increases in perceived sociality, whereas increases in perceived sociality predicted subsequent decreases in state extraversion. Cross-lagged effects reached their maximum at 1.5 h lag. The negative cross-lagged effect of sociality on state extraversion suggests a compensatory mechanism of temporal reduction of extraverted behavior in an effort to balance the level of social engagement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 104550"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Han Ren , Zhehao Liu , Zhengqiang Zhong , Song Wang
{"title":"“High empathic response but low interest”: Machiavellianism and its neurostructural basis relate to perceived risk of social exclusion and workplace deviance","authors":"Han Ren , Zhehao Liu , Zhengqiang Zhong , Song Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104548","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104548","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The manipulative, exploitative, and indifferent behavior of individuals with high scores on the trait of Machiavellianism attracts research interest in their cognitive and affective emphathic skills; however, the findings are contradictory. We explored the neurostructural substrates of Machiavellianism using voxel-based morphometry analysis with a large sample of 202 full-time employees. Consistent with our expectation, the association of Machiavellianism and its neurostructural basis with the perceived risk of social exclusion were supported whereas that with workplace deviance were not fully supported; the results only showed a significant relationship between Machiavellianism and organizational deviance at the trait level. Our results together provide novel insights into Machiavellianism by highlighting the perspective of <em>“High empathic response but low interest”</em>; namely, individuals with high Machiavellianism possess affective empathic capacity, but they do not care about others.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 104548"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lennart Kiel , Majse Lind , Adam T. Nissen , Wiebke Bleidorn , Christopher J. Hopwood
{"title":"Incremental relations between self-understanding and social functioning beyond personality traits in young adults","authors":"Lennart Kiel , Majse Lind , Adam T. Nissen , Wiebke Bleidorn , Christopher J. Hopwood","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104546","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104546","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Personality traits are well-established predictors of social functioning, but contemporary models of personality distinguish between personality traits and self-understanding, including reflecting on one’s mental states and the degree of coherence in the self-concept. This study examined whether self-understanding serves as a unique predictor of social functioning beyond personality traits. Additionally, it was explored whether self-understanding moderated the association between traits and social functioning. Participants (n = 859) completed measures on reflective functioning, self-concept clarity, personality traits, and social functioning. Self-Concept Clarity, Extraversion and Agreeableness, had significant, incremental effects on social functioning. Interaction effects were not significant. Results suggests that the ability to root experience in a coherent self-understanding provides valuable information about individual differences in social functioning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 104546"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brian P. Meier , Michael Schaefer , Li-Jun Ji , Carlota Batres
{"title":"Cross-cultural evidence for an association between agreeableness and sweet taste preferences","authors":"Brian P. Meier , Michael Schaefer , Li-Jun Ji , Carlota Batres","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104547","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104547","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research has shown that a preference for sweet foods is associated with agreeableness. This association may be due to conceptual metaphors (a “sweetie”) that link sweet taste experiences to niceness. We examined the replicability and cross-cultural consistency of this effect in four samples from different countries (China, Germany, Mexico, & the U.S.). Participants (<em>N</em> = 1,629) completed a measure of agreeableness and two measures of sweet taste preferences. We found that agreeableness was significantly and positively correlated with two different measures of sweet taste preferences in all four samples with small effect sizes (<em>r</em>s = 0.10 to 18). The association between agreeableness and a sweet taste preference appears replicable and occurring across cultures at least in the samples studied.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 104547"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142586539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personality Traits and Narrative Identity: Changes in Mid-Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood in Relation to Well-Being","authors":"Sean Marshall , Millie Rea , Elaine Reese","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104545","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104545","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Limited research addresses personality shifts from mid-adolescence to emerging adulthood, alongside well-being. This study analysed Big Five trait and narrative identity change (thematic coherence, causal coherence, resolution valence in turning point narratives) across 111 individuals (46.8% female) aged 15-16 who were reassessed at age 21. Neuroticism, conscientiousness, and extraversion decreased with age; thematic coherence and causal coherence increased. Traits and narrative identity were largely distinct dimensions of personality at both ages. Controlling for traits, narrative identity (negative resolution valence) in mid-adolescence uniquely predicted well-being (higher depression and lower self-esteem) in emerging adulthood. Findings suggest distinct trait and narrative identity trajectories in conjunction with youth well-being.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 104545"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142704137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does insecurity lead to envy? The longitudinal interplay between dispositional envy and self-esteem","authors":"Elina Erz , Katrin Rentzsch","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104543","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104543","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite evidence of a close, cross-sectional association between dispositional envy and low self-esteem, there is no research on the mutual development of these two constructs across time. The aim of the present research was to systematically investigate correlated change and prospective effects between dispositional envy and self-esteem at the global level and within comparison domains. In two preregistered longitudinal studies across 6 years (<em>N</em><sub>total</sub> > 7,000 adult participants), change in dispositional envy was negatively correlated with concurrent self-esteem change at the global level and within domains. Moreover, we found preliminary evidence that self-esteem predicted later change in dispositional envy but not vice versa. Our findings illustrate that the development of dispositional envy is closely intertwined with self-esteem development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 104543"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}