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":"2025-02-01","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}
Julia Maria Balcerowska , Artur Sawicki , Marcin Zajenkowski
{"title":"A longitudinal study on the reciprocal relationship between narcissism and social Networking Sites addiction","authors":"Julia Maria Balcerowska , Artur Sawicki , Marcin Zajenkowski","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104566","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104566","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We aimed to examine the link between various forms of narcissism and SNS addiction in a longitudinal design. We conducted a two-wave longitudinal survey among 339 SNS users with an eight-month lag between the waves. We sought to determine whether narcissism predicts changes in SNS addiction and vice versa. We found that almost all narcissism forms were positively related to SNS addiction. We also found lagged, longitudinal links for heroism, admiration, and rivalry, while for enmity and isolation, those were limited to the same measurement. This suggests that the self-protection motive is essential in understanding the co-occurrence of narcissism and SNS addiction, and the self-enhancement motive might be important in understanding the dynamics of within-person fluctuations of SNS addiction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 104566"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143127954","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}
M. Jia-Richards , A. Versace , R.L. Bachrach , F.L. Wang
{"title":"Facets of trait impulsivity and their relationships to developmental trajectories of externalizing behaviors from childhood into early adolescence","authors":"M. Jia-Richards , A. Versace , R.L. Bachrach , F.L. Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104555","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104555","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Impulsivity is a risk factor for externalizing behaviors, although the unique relationships between specific impulsivity facets and externalizing behavior development are less clear. We used Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study data (<em>N</em> = <em>11,874</em>) to examine whether child-reported UPPS-P impulsivity facets (9–10 years old) predicted parent-reported externalizing behaviors from childhood to early adolescence (11–12 years old). Latent growth model results showed that externalizing behaviors decreased over time. Higher negative urgency and lack of premeditation predicted greater externalizing behaviors in both childhood and early adolescence, as well as steeper declines in externalizing behaviors across time. Among the UPPS-P impulsivity facets, negative urgency and lack of premeditation may represent the most prominent indicators of externalizing behavior risk and development, highlighting their importance for targeted interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 104555"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143093315","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}
Konstantinos Kafetsios , Ursula Hess , Daniel Dostal , Martin Seitl , Petra Hypsova , Shlomo Hareli , Itziar Alonso-Arbiol , Astrid Schütz , Dritjon Gruda , Kelly Campbell , Bin-Bin Chen , Marco J. Held , Shanmukh Kamble , Takuma Kimura , Alexander Kirchner-Häusler , Stefano Livi , Eugenia Mandal , Dominika Ochnik , Ezgi Sakman , Nebi Sumer , Ayse K. Uskul
{"title":"A contextualized emotion perception assessment relates to personal and social well-being","authors":"Konstantinos Kafetsios , Ursula Hess , Daniel Dostal , Martin Seitl , Petra Hypsova , Shlomo Hareli , Itziar Alonso-Arbiol , Astrid Schütz , Dritjon Gruda , Kelly Campbell , Bin-Bin Chen , Marco J. Held , Shanmukh Kamble , Takuma Kimura , Alexander Kirchner-Häusler , Stefano Livi , Eugenia Mandal , Dominika Ochnik , Ezgi Sakman , Nebi Sumer , Ayse K. Uskul","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104556","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104556","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emotion Recognition Accuracy (ERA) is vital for social functioning and social relationships, yet empirical support for a positive link with well-being has been sparse. In three studies, we show that the Assessment of Contextualized Emotions (ACE) which distinguishes between accurately perceiving intended emotions and bias due to perceiving additional, secondary emotions, consistently predicted personal and social well-being. Across thirteen world cultures, accuracy was associated with higher well-being and life satisfaction, and bias linked to loneliness. A social interaction study in Czech Republic found accuracy (bias) was positively (negatively) associated with social well-being. The effects of accuracy and bias on well-being were partially mediated by social interaction quality in a third study. These findings further our understanding of ERA’s social functions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 104556"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143127953","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}
Sam Henry , Dustin Wood , David M. Condon , Graham H. Lowman , René Mõttus
{"title":"Using multi-rater and test-retest data to detect overlap within and between psychological scales","authors":"Sam Henry , Dustin Wood , David M. Condon , Graham H. Lowman , René Mõttus","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104530","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104530","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Correlations estimated in single-source data provide uninterpretable estimates of empirical overlap between scales. We describe a model to adjust correlations for errors and biases using test–retest and multi-rater data and compare adjusted correlations among individual items with their human-rated semantic similarity (<em>SS</em>). We expected adjusted correlations to predict <em>SS</em> better than unadjusted correlations and exceed <em>SS</em> in absolute magnitude. While unadjusted and adjusted correlations predicted <em>SS</em> rankings equally well across all items, adjusted correlations were superior where items were judged most semantically redundant in meaning. Retest- and agreement-adjusted correlations were usually higher than <em>SS</em>, whereas unadjusted correlations often underestimated <em>SS</em>. We discuss uses of test–retest and multi-rater data for identifying construct redundancy and argue <em>SS</em> often underestimates variables’ empirical overlap.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 104530"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142228505","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":"2024-12-01","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}
Kibeom Lee , Reinout E. de Vries , Michael C. Ashton
{"title":"Self/observer agreement in personality assessment by observers’ relationship types","authors":"Kibeom Lee , Reinout E. de Vries , Michael C. Ashton","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104529","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104529","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We examined two forms of self/observer agreement (correlational and mean-level) in personality using a Dutch university student sample (<em>N</em>=5,405) with self-reports and observer (informant) reports from parents, siblings, friends, and partners/spouses. Correlational self/observer agreement was strong across all HEXACO-PI-R scales and across relationship types (<span><math><mrow><mover><mrow><mi>r</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>¯</mo></mrow></mover></mrow></math></span> ≥ 0.59, but highest for partners). Regarding mean-level self/observer agreement, alleged positive bias in self-reports was not observed. Only Openness showed higher means for self-reports than for observer reports across all relationship types (<em>d</em> = 0.37). Mean observer report scores varied by relationship: people perceived their children as more honest and less anxious and perceived their siblings as less agreeable than other observers did. Partner reports showed the closest mean-level agreement with self-reports.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 104529"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656624000771/pdfft?md5=b35202e898398e84438eb6c24081322c&pid=1-s2.0-S0092656624000771-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142241123","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}
{"title":"An investigation testing the perceptual advantage of Sensory Processing Sensitivity and its associations with the Big Five personality traits","authors":"Jess M. Williams, Mark Blagrove","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104539","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104539","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated whether sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is associated with a perceptual advantage, rather than just heightened brain, emotional and behavioural reactivity. Participants (N = 222) were tested on detection and identification of visually degraded words at three levels of difficulty, and completed the Highly Sensitive Person Scale (HSPS) and the Big Five Inventory. The positive subscale of the HSPS predicted both the detection and identification of visually degraded stimuli, and beyond the Big Five traits. This contradicts claims that SPS is solely a combination of Big Five traits. Importantly, the perceptual advantage for highly sensitives may balance the disadvantages of being easily overwhelmed by stimuli and indicates separate evolutionary advantages and strategies for high and low SPS humans and other mammals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 104539"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142359000","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}
{"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":"2024-12-01","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}
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":"2024-12-01","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}