Two models of personality and well-being among adolescents

Garcia, Danilo

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.02.009

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“…Nevertheless, agreeableness was not associated to the narratives, thus, suggesting that cooperativeness might catch communal themes in the narratives better that agreeableness does. Both cooperativeness and agreeableness have earlier, as well as in the present study, been found to be positively related (De Fruyt et al 2006;Garcia 2011) to Reward Dependence or the tendency of being sentimental, warm, attached, and dependent (Cloninger et al 1993). In contrast to cooperativeness, however, agreeableness was here positively related to Harm Avoidance or the tendency of being worrying, pessimistic, fearful, and shy (Cloninger et al 1993).…”

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“…We argue that they are important because the low correlation between explanations of positive and negative life events (see Miller and Ross 1975) points to a high variance in explanations for positive life events, even among individuals with pessimistic explanations for negative events (Abramson and Needles 1990). In addition, positive life events are associated to life satisfaction and positive emotions (Garcia 2011); thus, character traits associated to adolescents' narratives are of importance for understanding their well-being as well. The lack positivity in life, for example, is more predictive of subsequent mortality and morbidity than the presence of negative emotions (Huppert and Whittington 2008).…”

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“…In addition to agentic and communal traits, research from at least three different fields, cultural (e.g., Shweder et al 1997) developmental (e.g., Magen 1996) and personality psychology (e.g., Cloninger 2004Cloninger , 2006Cloninger , 2013, suggest that humans also find meaning in life events and harmony in life through their ability to find an interconnection with all life and appreciation of the whole world around us (i.e., transcendence of the self or spirituality). In sum, besides being associated to adolescents' well-being (e.g., Cloninger and Zohar 2011;Garcia 2011Garcia , 2012aGarcia et al 2013a, c;Nima et al 2012Nima et al , 2013Nima and Garcia 2015;Schütz et al 2013a;Magen 1996), agentic, communal, and spiritual personality traits can be expected to be associated to the narratives of their everyday experiences.…”

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Agentic, communal, and spiritual traits are related to the semantic representation of written narratives of positive and negative life events

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Background:We used a computational method to quantitatively investigate the relationship between personality and written narratives of life events. Agentic (i.e., selfdirectedness), communal (i.e., cooperativeness), and spiritual (self-transcendence) traits were of special interest because they represent individual differences in intentional values and goals, in contrast to temperament traits, which describe individual differences in automatic responses to emotional stimuli. We also investigated which pronouns were most common in relation to personality constructs that were significantly related to the narratives. Methods:Personality was assessed among 79 adolescents at one point in time using the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R) and the temperament and character inventory (TCI). Six months later, adolescents were asked to write down the most positive or the most negative event that had happened to them in the last 3 months. Adolescents were explicitly instructed to answer the following questions within their narratives: What happened? Who were involved? Why do you think it happened? How did you feel when it happened? How do you think the involved persons felt? The descriptions were quantified using a computational method in which the latent semantic analysis algorithm generates a semantic representation of the narratives.Results: Only self-directedness, cooperativeness, and self-transcendence were related to the semantic representation of the narratives. Moreover, cooperativeness and selftranscendence were associated with less frequent usage of singular pronouns (e.g., me respectively mine).Conclusions: Agentic, communal, and spiritual traits are involved when adolescents describe positive and negative life experiences. Moreover, high levels of communal and spiritual traits are related to less self-focused narratives.

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“…Adolescent well-being is a major factor for later development and self-transcendence in all aspects of life (1,2). Adolescents' well-being is associated with appropriate development, engagement at school and academic achievement, optimistic attitudes, and adaptive coping strategies, and is a major protective factor against health adversities (3)(4)(5).…”

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“…Studies have shown that people with adverse socioeconomic factors and non-resiliency experience negative emotions and emotional instability that in turn results in diminished well-being (15,27,28). People with emotional instability have inefficient strategies to solve interpersonal problems, leading to a reduction in their GWB (2,26).…”

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Predicting General Well-Being Based on Resiliency Protective Factors and Demographics in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Emotional Stability

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An Exploration of the Effects of Mindfulness Training and Practice in Association with Enhanced Wellbeing for Children and Adolescents

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Evidence has accumulated over the past three decades supporting mindfulness‐based approaches as efficacious methods for enhancing adults' psychological health and wellbeing. More recently, mindfulness‐based approaches have been used with children and adolescents in school, community, and clinical settings. Although empirical research and applications of mindfulness with youth are still in early development, these approaches are considered acceptable, feasible, and potentially effective in enhancing the psychological health and wellbeing of younger populations. The chapter focuses on the construct and practice of mindfulness as it is used in the prominent secular approaches, mindfulness‐based stress reduction ( MBSR ) and mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy ( MBCT ), where the regular practice of mindfulness meditation is fundamental to the approach. The relationship of mindfulness to personal and interpersonal domains of wellbeing is investigated through examination of related theoretical and empirical research incorporating cognition, affect, physiology, neurobiology, and their interrelationship with the mechanisms of mindfulness, and extended with developmentally specific relevance to children and adolescents. The empirical methods for assessing the associations between mindfulness and wellbeing are considered, with suggestions for further developments in this area. The current applications of mindfulness‐based approaches with youth are considered, particularly those offering potential for enhancing wellbeing outcomes across a broad spectrum of the population, rather than restricted clinical populations. Finally, it is proposed that the advancement of this field requires significant investment of effort in establishing an empirical evidence base, and the development of outcome measures that are relevant and specific to enhancing wellbeing, rather than merely symptom reduction.

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Two models of personality and well-being among adolescents

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Agentic, communal, and spiritual traits are related to the semantic representation of written narratives of positive and negative life events

Agentic, communal, and spiritual traits are related to the semantic representation of written narratives of positive and negative life events

Predicting General Well-Being Based on Resiliency Protective Factors and Demographics in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Emotional Stability

An Exploration of the Effects of Mindfulness Training and Practice in Association with Enhanced Wellbeing for Children and Adolescents

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