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Which positive personality traits do people want to change?

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2024
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Gander, F., & Wagner, L. (2024). Which positive personality traits do people want to change? European Journal of Personality, 38, 657–676. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070231211957

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Most people want to change some of their personality traits, typically those they and others perceive as lacking. However, past research focused on student samples and higher-order traits and has not fully explored the attributes of traits that predict change goals. As a replication and extension of previous findings, two studies examined (1) whether people want to change their character strengths and how character strengths change goals relate to (2) character strength levels, (3) age, and (4) well-being. Further, we examined which (

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38

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4

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657

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676

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personality change, volitional trait change, character strengths, change goals, well-being

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English

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2024-07-01

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2023-11-15

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0890-2070

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Gander, F., & Wagner, L. (2024). Which positive personality traits do people want to change? European Journal of Personality, 38, 657–676. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070231211957

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