Beyond self-report in the study of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being: Correlations with acquaintance reports, clinician judgments and directly observed social behavior

Nave, Christopher S.; Sherman, Ryne A.; Funder, David C.

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2007.09.001

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“…Because both personality traits and parenting stress inherently refer to perceptions and experiences that an individual has in relation to the self, they are also difficult to measure through any method other than self-reports, and it is not evident that other informants' (e.g., spouses, children) evaluations of the respondent's personality traits or level of parenting stress are any more reliable than self-reports. There is evidence to suggest that there is a considerable overlap in individuals' self-assessment of their well-being and behavior and the assessments of acquaintances and clinicians as well as assessments based on direct observations of social behaviors (Nave, Sherman, & Funder, 2008).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Longitudinal study on reciprocity between personality traits and parenting stress

Rantanen

Tillemann

Metsäpelto

et al. 2014

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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Reciprocal associations between the Big Five personality traits and parenting stress -including both parents' feelings of their distress and perception of their incompetence as parents -were studied with 248 participants (49% of which were males). Longitudinal data, collected at ages 33/36, 42, and 50, were used. Cross-lagged path analysis revealed that in case of both mothers and fathers, neuroticism at age 33 predicted high parenting stress and extraversion at age 33 low parenting stress at age 42. Also, parenting stress at age 36 predicted high neuroticism and low extraversion at age 42. From age 42 to 50, only high parenting stress contributed to low neuroticism. Thus, more significant cross-lagged associations of neuroticism and extraversion with parenting stress were detected in early middle age, i.e. from age 33/36 to 42, as compared to later midlife, i.e. from 42 to 50 years of age. The reciprocal associations between parenting stress and neuroticism and extraversion were similar for both mothers and fathers. High conscientiousness at age 42, however, predicted low parenting stress at age 50 only in fathers.Keywords: personality, parenting stress, longitudinal, cross-lagged path analysis 3 Longitudinal Study on Reciprocity between Personality Traits and Parenting Stress Personality traits refer to relatively stable emotional, cognitive, and behavioral differences among individuals across a variety of situations. They have empirically been found to show high consistency across adulthood (e.g., McCrae & Costa, 2003;Roberts & DelVecchio, 2000;Rantanen, Metsäpelto, Feldt, Pulkkinen, & Kokko, 2007;Terracciano, Costa, & McCrae, 2006).Because of this consistency, personality traits are claimed to shape adult development through the way in which "individuals experience, interpret, and respond to the developmental tasks they face across the life course" (Caspi & Shiner, 2006, p. 339). Conversely, social roles that individuals adopt during the life course may induce personality changes since, along with new roles, individuals are often confronted with social expectations that require adaptation and a more mature personality-that is, one characterized by low neuroticism (i.e., high emotional stability), high agreeableness, and high conscientiousness (Roberts, Wood, & Caspi, 2008;Roberts, Wood, & Smith, 2005), although Staudinger (2005) emphasizes this combination of personality traits as referring more to personality adjustment than to growth or maturity. For example, using longitudinal data on women and men at college entry and four years later, Robins, Fraley, Roberts, and Trzesniewski (2001) showed that young adults became more agreeable, conscientious and emotionally stable, implying increased levels of adaptation and psychological functioning, during this developmental transition. Similarly, engaging in a serious partnership for the first time in young adulthood was found to be associated with decreased neuroticism and increased conscientiousness (Neyer & Asendorpf, 2001). In addition to entering the ...

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Longitudinal study on reciprocity between personality traits and parenting stress

Rantanen

Tillemann

Metsäpelto

et al. 2014

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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“…After reverse scoring negatively phrased items, a single composite score was calculated by taking the mean across all subscales. Past research has found that the SPWB scores demonstrate internal consistency reliability, factorial validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity (Nave, Sherman, & Funder, 2008;Ryff, 1989;Ryff & Keyes, 1995). The scale has demonstrated broad applicability in terms of use with samples of various ages (Nave et al, 2008;Ryff, 1989), as well as an athlete sample (Edwards & Steyn, 2008).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Self-Compassion and Eudaimonic Well-Being in Young Women Athletes

Ferguson

Kowalski

Mack

et al. 2014

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

109

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Using a mixed methods research design, we explored self-compassion and eudaimonic well-being in young women athletes. In a quantitative study (n = 83), we found that self-compassion and eudaimonic well-being were positively related (r = .76, p < .01). A model of multiple mediation was proposed, with self-compassion, passivity, responsibility, initiative, and self-determination accounting for 83% of the variance in eudaimonic well-being. In a qualitative study (n = 11), we explored when and how self-compassion might be useful in striving to reach one's potential in sport. Self-compassion was described as advantageous in difficult sport-specific situations by increasing positivity, perseverance, and responsibility, as well as decreasing rumination. Apprehensions about fully embracing a self-compassionate mindset in sport warrant additional research to explore the seemingly paradoxical role of self-compassion in eudaimonic well-being.

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“…In line with recent findings that different components of well-being tend to be indistinguishable in empirical research (Kashdan, Biswas-Diener, & King, 2008;Nave, Sherman, & Funder, 2008), and that they show highly consistent associations with expressive accuracy (Human & Biesanz, 2011b), we examined a standardized composite adjustment measure (α = .68) for ease of presentation. The composite adjustment measure was computed by standardizing each individual measure, averaging the three scales together and standardizing that composite scale.…”

Section: Psychological Adjustmentmentioning

confidence: 99%