Objective Post‐traumatic growth typically refers to enduring positive psychological change
experienced as a result of adversity, trauma, or highly challenging life circumstances. Critics …

While there is some evidence for changes in personality traits, life satisfaction, and self-
esteem as a function of life events, effects have been small and inconsistent across studies …

Personality traits continue to change throughout the lifespan. However, we still know little
about when, why, and how personality traits change. In this paper, we review the current …

Personality psychology, which seeks to study individual differences in thoughts, feelings,
and behaviors that persist over time and place, has experienced a renaissance in the last …

Trait stability and maturation are fundamental principles of contemporary personality
psychology and have been shown to hold across many cultures. However, it has proven …

We propose a self-regulation model of grandiose narcissism. This model illustrates an
interconnected set of processes through which narcissists (ie, individuals with relatively high …

In this target article, we argue that personality processes, personality structure, and
personality development have to be understood and investigated in integrated ways in order …

Objective Theory and research have emphasized the impact of life events on personality trait
change. In this article, we review prospective research on personality trait change in …

The desire to change one's personality traits has been shown to be stronger if people are
dissatisfied with associated aspects of their life. While evidence for the effects of …

Personality traits are powerful predictors of outcomes in the domains of education, work,
relationships, health, and well-being. The recognized importance of personality traits has …