About this episode

This episode discusses personality development and reviews key studies on personality traits across the life course.

Thema: Persönlichkeitsentwicklung Um diese Studie geht es: Roberts, B. W., Walton, K. E., & Viechtbauer, W. (2006).Patterns of mean-level change in personality traits across the life course: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Psychological Bulletin, 32 (1), 1–25. Weitere Forschung: Hudson, N. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2015). Volitional personality trait change: Can people choose to change their personality traits? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109 (3), 490–507. Magidson, J. F., Roberts, B. W., Collado-Rodriguez, A., & Lejuez, C. W. (2014). Theory-driven intervention for changing personality: Expectancy value theory, behavioral activation, and conscientiousness. Developmental Psychology, 50 (5), 1442–1450.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Benedikt Wisniewski

Topics covered

• Persönlichkeitsentwicklung
• Personality traits
• Meta-analysis
• Longitudinal studies
• Behavioral activation
• Conscientiousness

Keywords

• Persönlichkeitsentwicklung
• personality traits
• meta-analysis
• longitudinal studies
• behavioral activation
• conscientiousness

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Patterns of mean-level change in personality traits across the life course: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies, Volitional personality trait change: Can people choose to change their personality traits?, Theory-driven intervention for changing personality: Expectancy value theory, behavioral activation, and conscientiousness

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