@article{ref1,
title="Changing for the better? Longitudinal associations between volitional personality change and psychological well-being",
journal="Personality and social psychology bulletin",
year="2016",
author="Hudson, Nathan W. and Fraley, R. Chris",
volume="42",
number="5",
pages="603-615",
abstract="Recent research has found that a vast majority of people want to change their personality traits--and they may be able to find some degree of success in doing so. However, desires for self-change have been theoretically and empirically linked to reduced well-being. The present study utilized a longitudinal design to better understand the associations between people's desires and attempts to change their personality traits and their psychological well-being. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that possessing change goals did not necessarily predict growing deficits in well-being over time. In contrast, people who were able to change their personality traits in ways that aligned with their desires tended to experience increases in well-being over time. These findings are consistent with theory that dissatisfaction can precipitate change goals, and successful change can ameliorate dissatisfaction.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-1672",
doi="10.1177/0146167216637840",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167216637840"
}