Theory-driven intervention for changing personality: Expectancy value theory, behavioral activation, and conscientiousness.

Magidson, Jessica F.; Roberts, Brent W.; Collado-Rodriguez, Anahi; Lejuez, Carl W.

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“…Roberts and colleagues have provided in-depth examinations of Conscientiousness—its composition (Roberts, Lejuez, Krueger, Richards, & Hill, 2014); its relations to guilt, health, longevity, and externalizing problems (e.g., Fayard, Roberts, Robins, & Watson, 2012); and its development over time (Shanahan, Hill, Roberts, Eccles, & Friedman, 2014). Based, in part, on this work, they have recently offered a theory-driven approach to changing individuals’ levels of Conscientiousness (Magidson, Roberts, Collado-Rodriguez, & Lejuez, 2014). All of this research is relevant to understanding and, potentially, intervening with antisocial behavior.…”

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Identifying Essential Features of Juvenile Psychopathy in the Prediction of Later Antisocial Behavior

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Lynam

Lamkin³

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Clinical Psychological Science

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Despite years of research, and inclusion of psychopathy DSM-5, there remains debate over the fundamental components of psychopathy. Although there is agreement about traits related to Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, there is less agreement about traits related to Fearless Dominance (FD) or Boldness. The present paper uses proxies of FD and Self-centered Impulsivity (SCI) to examine the contribution of FD-related traits to the predictive utility of psychopathy in a large, longitudinal, sample of boys to test four possibilities: FD 1. assessed earlier is a risk factor, 2. interacts with other risk-related variables to predict later psychopathy, 3. interacts with SCI interact to predict outcomes, and 4. bears curvilinear relations to outcomes. SCI received excellent support as a measure of psychopathy in adolescence; however, FD was unrelated to criteria in all tests. It is suggested that FD be dropped from psychopathy and that future research focus on Agreeableness and Conscientiousness.

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Identifying Essential Features of Juvenile Psychopathy in the Prediction of Later Antisocial Behavior

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“…While some researchers suggest targeting and altering experiences and behaviors at the narrowest level (Chapman et al, 2014;Magidson et al, 2014), it is probably more effective to take all levels with both top-down and bottom-up change processes into account. The described general change factors may operate as mechanisms that connect all levels of intervention efforts, albeit with an emphasis on narrow and medium levels.…”

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Changing personality traits: Some considerations from psychotherapy process-outcome research for intervention efforts on intentional personality change.

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Flückiger

2017

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

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There is a recent debate in the field of personality development whether and how personality traits can be modified or changed over short periods of time. Whereas traditional positions highlight the relative stability of personality traits in adulthood, recent research investigates intentional personality trait change, that is, desires and attempts to change personality traits. The main goal of the present article is to connect recent activities and intervention efforts in personality psychology with psychotherapy process-outcome research. More specifically, we argue that 4 empirically derived common change factors in psychotherapy research might provide some useful heuristic principles for personality change interventions in normal population that do not particularly suffer from personality disorders. We discuss the implications of the use of these principles to change personality traits and suggest some ideas for future research and practice. There is a recent debate in the field of personality development whether and how personality traits can be modified or changed over short periods of time. Whereas traditional positions highlight the relative stability of personality traits in adulthood, recent research investigates intentional personality trait change, that is, desires and attempts to change personality traits. The main goal of the present paper is to connect recent activities and intervention efforts in personality psychology with psychotherapy process-outcome research. More specifically, we argue that four empirically derived common change factors in psychotherapy research might provide some useful heuristic principles for personality change interventions in normal population that do not particularly suffer from personality disorders. We discuss the implications of the use of these principles to change personality traits and suggest some ideas for future research and practice.

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“…For instance, Magidson, Roberts, Collado-Rodriguez, and Lejuez (2014) proposed a theory-driven intervention aimed at increasing conscientiousness. Future studies could test to what extent this intervention, by stimulating conscientiousness, could have also beneficial effects in reducing school anxiety.…”

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Hale³

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This study was aimed at unraveling associations between Big Five personality traits and anxiety symptoms of panic, generalized anxiety disorder, school phobia, separation anxiety, and social phobia in male and female adolescents and emerging adults from the general population. Participants were 3,758 (54.6% females) adolescents and emerging adults aged between 11 and 26 years. They completed the shortened Big Five questionnaire and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders. Results indicated that the associations between Big Five and anxiety symptoms were consistent across gender and age groups. Most of the associations were statistically significant with the strongest links found between extraversion and symptoms of social phobia; conscientiousness and symptoms of school anxiety; and emotional stability and symptoms of panic, separation, generalized, and school anxiety. All these associations were negative, suggesting that higher levels of these personality traits were related to lower levels of anxiety symptoms.

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Theory-driven intervention for changing personality: Expectancy value theory, behavioral activation, and conscientiousness.

Cited by 269 publications

References 74 publications

Identifying Essential Features of Juvenile Psychopathy in the Prediction of Later Antisocial Behavior

Identifying Essential Features of Juvenile Psychopathy in the Prediction of Later Antisocial Behavior

Changing personality traits: Some considerations from psychotherapy process-outcome research for intervention efforts on intentional personality change.

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