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

Members of the International Situations Project

doi:10.1037/pspp0000389

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

Members of the International Situations Project

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University of Melbourne
University of Graz
Universidad Católica Bolviana
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
University of British Columbia
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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.

Oriģinālvaloda	Angļu
Lapas (no-līdz)	1140-1156
Lapu skaits	17
Žurnāls	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Sējums	121
Izdevuma numurs	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000389
Publikācijas statuss	Publicēts - 1 janv. 2021

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