Who in the World Is Trying to Change Their Personality Traits? Volitional Personality Change Among College Students in Six Continents

Primer Autor
Baranski, Erica
Co-autores
Gardiner, Gwendolyn
Lee, Daniel
Funder, David C.
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Who in the World Is Trying to Change Their Personality Traits? Volitional Personality Change Among College Students in Six Continents
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AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
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JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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en
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Recent research conducted largely in the United States suggests that most people would like to change one or more of their personality traits. Yet almost no research has investigated the degree to which and in what ways volitional personality change (VPC), or individuals' active efforts toward personality change, might be common around the world. Through a custom-built website, 13,278 college student participants from 55 countries and one of a larger country (Hong Kong, S.A.R.) using 42 different languages reported whether they were currently trying to change their personality and, if so, what they were trying to change. Around the world, 60.40% of participants reported that they are currently trying to change their personalities, with the highest percentage in Thailand (81.91%) and the lowest in Kenya (21.41%). Among those who provide open-ended responses to the aspect of personality they are trying to change, the most common goals were to increase emotional stability (29.73%), conscientiousness (19.71%), extraversion (15.94%), and agreeableness (13.53%). In line with previous research, students who are trying to change any personality trait tend to have relatively low levels of emotional stability and happiness. Moreover, those with relatively low levels of socially desirable traits reported attempting to increase what they lacked. These principal findings were generalizable around the world.
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The Czech Republic's participation in this research was supported by Grant 20-01214S from the Czech Science Foundation and by institutional research funding RVO: 68081740 from the Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences. The International Situations Project is supported by National Science Foundation Grant BCS-1528131, David C. Funder, Principal Investigator. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the individual researchers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Further support came from the Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (ANID/FONDAP/15130009) and the Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Research (ANID/FONDAP/15110006) award to Roberto Gonzalez.
La participación de la República Checa en esta investigación fue apoyada por la subvención 20-01214S de la Fundación Checa de Ciencias y por la financiación institucional para investigación RVO: 68081740 del Instituto de Psicología de la Academia Checa de Ciencias. El Proyecto de Situaciones Internacionales cuenta con el apoyo de la subvención BCS-1528131 de la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias, David C. Funder, investigador principal. Cualquier opinión, hallazgo, conclusión o recomendación expresada en este material es la de los investigadores individuales y no refleja necesariamente los puntos de vista de la National Science Foundation. Otro apoyo provino del Premio del Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social (ANID/FONDAP/15130009) y del Centro de Investigaciones Interculturales e Indígenas (ANID/FONDAP/15110006) a Roberto González.
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10.1037/pspp0000389
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college students
cross-cultural
volitional personality change
RESPONSE STYLES
LIFE
SELF
GOALS
ADULTHOOD
CULTURE
AGE
DIMENSIONS
MOTIVATION
CONTINUITY
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000389
Categoría OCDE
Psicología Social
Materias
estudiantes universitarios
transcultural
cambio de personalidad volitivo
ESTILOS DE RESPUESTA
VIDA
YO
METAS
ADULTURA
CULTURA
EDAD
DIMENSIONES
MOTIVACIÓN
CONTINUIDAD
Disciplinas de la OCDE
Psicología (Incluyendo relación hombre-máquina)
Otras Ciencias Sociales
Estadísticas y Probabilidades
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ANID-FONDAP 15110006
CAS RVO: 68081740
NSF BCS-1528131
GACR 20-01214S
ANID FONDAP 15110006
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