Out With the Old, In With the New? How Changes in Close Relationships Change the Self

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan S. Gore ◽  
Damon Tichenor
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Personality Measure ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Concept Change

AbstractTwo studies investigated how the development and maintenance of old and new relationships predict spontaneous and reactive self-concept change. For Study 1 (n = 143), freshmen in their first 8 weeks of college completed a Twenty Statements Test (TST), and indicated how close they felt in their established and new relationships. Eight weeks later, they indicated which aspects on the TST had changed. The results showed that closeness to old relationships at Time 1 predicted fewer deletions to their Time 2 TST, whereas closeness to new relationships at Time 1 predicted more additions to their Time 2 TST. For Study 2 (n = 195), participants completed a Big Five personality measure and closeness measure at two time points. The results showed that decreased closeness in old relationships at Time 2 predicted overall change to personality profiles. Implications for the link between relationships and self-concept change are discussed.

scholarly journals The Self-Concept and Identity Measure in Adolescents

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Annabel Bogaerts ◽  
Laurence Claes ◽  
Tinne Buelens ◽  
Amarendra Gandhi ◽  
Glenn Kiekens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Global Rating ◽  
Longitudinal Measurement ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Identity Synthesis

Abstract. Identity difficulties have been associated with various psychiatric conditions and are considered a central issue in personality pathology. Following the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders, measures of self- and interpersonal functioning have been developed. Although these measures were intended to be separate ratings of self-other deficits, only a global rating was obtained. Moreover, these measures fall short in bridging the gap between developmental and clinical identity work. To capture both adaptive and disturbed identity dimensions, Kaufman et al. (2015) developed the Self-Concept and Identity Measure (SCIM) that assesses consolidated identity, disturbed identity, and lack of identity. Using two-wave longitudinal data (2,150 adolescents; 54.2% girls; age range = 12–19), this study investigated the factor structure and reliability of the Dutch SCIM, its measurement invariance across time, its longitudinal measurement invariance across gender and age groups, and associations of the SCIM with identity synthesis and confusion, Big-Five personality traits, and borderline personality disorder features. Consolidated identity scores were positively related to identity synthesis and adaptive Big-Five traits, whereas negatively related to identity confusion, neuroticism, and borderline features. Opposite associations were obtained for disturbed identity and lack of identity scores. The Dutch SCIM appeared to produce valid and reliable scores and seemed suited to assess longitudinal identity functioning in Belgian adolescents.

scholarly journals Getting better without memory

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 815-825
Author(s):  
Julia G Halilova ◽  
Donna Rose Addis ◽  
R Shayna Rosenbaum
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Memory Impairment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
End Of History ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future Selves

Abstract Does the tendency to adjust appraisals of ourselves in the past and future in order to maintain a favourable view of ourselves in the present require episodic memory? A developmental amnesic person with impaired episodic memory (HC) was compared with two groups of age-matched controls on tasks assessing the Big Five personality traits and social competence in relation to the past, present and future. Consistent with previous research, controls believed that their personality had changed more in the past 5 years than it will change in the next 5 years (i.e. the end-of-history illusion), and rated their present and future selves as more socially competent than their past selves (i.e. social improvement illusion), although this was moderated by self-esteem. Despite her lifelong episodic memory impairment, HC also showed these biases of temporal self-appraisal. Together, these findings do not support the theory that the temporal extension of the self-concept requires the ability to recollect richly detailed memories of the self in the past and future.

scholarly journals The big-five personality profiles: A person-centered approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1866
Author(s):  
Kui YIN ◽  
Jing ZHAO ◽  
Jing ZHOU ◽  
Qi NIE
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Person Centered Approach

Silencing the Self and the Big Five: A Personological Profile of Silent Women

2001 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 655-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tricia Witte ◽  
Martin F. Sherman ◽  
Laura Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
The Self ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Self Schema ◽  
Big Five Personality Factors

This study examined the correlations between scores on Jack and Dill's 1992 Silencing the Self Scale and Costa and McCrae's 1985 Big Five personality factors among 146 female undergraduates. Analyses indicated the Silencing the Self scores were positively correlated with those on Neuroticism and negatively correlated with those on Openness, Extraversion, and Agreeableness. In addition, regression analysis indicated that Neuroticism and Openness scores showed the greatest contribution to Silencing the Self scores. These findings suggest the possible importance of studying personality traits in women who utilize the silencing the self schema in interpersonal contexts.

Genre or artistic merit?

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Djikic ◽  
Keith Oatley ◽  
Matthew Carland
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
The Self ◽  
Reading Difficulty ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Artistic Merit

We tested whether the genre of a literary text (essay as compared with short story) or its artistic merit would be primarily responsible for the variability in the self-perceived personality traits that individuals experience when they read. One hundred participants were randomly assigned to read either one of eight essays or one of eight short stories, matched for length, reading difficulty, and interest. The Big-Five personality traits were measured before and after reading. Genre did not affect variability in personality. Rather, participants who judged the text they read to be more artistic reported a greater variability in their personality trait profile after reading, independently of whether the text was an essay or a short story. Artistic merit appears to be associated with literature’s transformative effects through the instability in the self-perceived experience of the reader’s personality.

scholarly journals Big Five traits as Predictors of Perceived Stressfulness of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannes Zacher ◽  
Cort Rudolph
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Summer Vacation ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Differential Reactivity ◽  
Period Data ◽  
Vacation Period

This study examined the Big Five personality traits as predictors of individual differences and changes in the perceived stressfulness of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany between early April 2020 and early September 2020. This timeframe includes the first national “lockdown,” the period of “easing” of restrictions, and the summer vacation period. Data were collected from n = 588 full-time employees, who provided baseline data on their personality traits in early December 2019, and then later provided data on perceived stressfulness of the COVID-19 pandemic at five time points, spanning six months. Consistent with expectations based on event and transition theories, results showed that, on average, perceived stressfulness declined between early April 2020 and early September 2020. Moreover, this effect was stronger between early April 2020 and early July 2020. Hypotheses based on the differential reactivity model of personality and stress were partially supported. Emotional stability was associated with lower, and extraversion associated with higher, average levels of perceived stressfulness. Finally, extraversion was associated with increases (i.e., positive trajectories) in perceived stressfulness between early April 2020 and early July 2020 and decreases (i.e., negative trajectories) in perceived stressfulness between early July 2020 and early September 2020.

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