Asadi, Samaneh, Mohammadi Dehaj, Hamideh and Robinson, Oliver ORCID: 0000-0002-6758-2223 (2020) Personality change goals and plans as predictors of longitudinal trait change in young adults: a replication with an Iranian sample. Journal of Research in Personality, 85:103912. ISSN 0092-6566 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103912)

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Abstract

Goals and plans for changing one’s personality traits have been found to be commonly held, particularly in young adults. Evidence for whether such goals and plans can predict actual trait change is mixed. The current study replicated and extended the methodology of a previous study to investigate whether trait change goals and plans predict change over a year in an Iranian sample of students. It was found that goals and plans before and after the 12-month period predicted longitudinal change in Openness to Experience, but no association was found for other traits. To explore whether this relationship between goals and change in Openness to Experience is replicable, further research with samples of differing ages and cultures is needed.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	personality change goals, trait change, plans, longitudinal
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2022 01:38
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/26880

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