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Linda Housermarko - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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self concordance goal attainment and the pursuit of happiness can there be an upward spiral
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2001Co-Authors: Kennon M Sheldon, Linda HousermarkoAbstract:Two studies used the self-concordance model of healthy goal striving (K. M. Sheldon & A. J. Elliot, 1999) to examine the motivational processes by which people can increase their level of well-being during a period of time and then maintain the gain or perhaps increase it even further during the next period of time. In Study 1, entering freshmen with self-concordant motivation better attained their 1st-semester goals, which in turn predicted increased adjustment and greater self-concordance for the next semester's goals. Increased self-concordance in turn predicted even better goal attainment during the 2nd semester, which led to further increases in adjustment and to higher levels of Ego Development by the end of the year. Study 2 replicated the basic model in a 2-week study of short-term goals set in the laboratory. Limits of the model and implications for the question of how (and whether) happiness may be increased are discussed.
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self concordance goal attainment and the pursuit of happiness can there be an upward spiral
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2001Co-Authors: Kennon M Sheldon, Linda HousermarkoAbstract:Two studies used the self-concordance model of healthy goal striving (K. M. Sheldon & A. J. Elliot, 1999) to examine the motivational processes by which people can increase their level of well-being during a period of time and then maintain the gain or perhaps increase it even further during the next period of time. In Study 1, entering freshmen with self-concordant motivation better attained their 1st-semester goals, which in turn predicted increased adjustment and greater self-concordance for the next semester's goals. Increased self-concordance in turn predicted even better goal attainment during the 2nd semester, which led to further increases in adjustment and to higher levels of Ego Development by the end of the year. Study 2 replicated the basic model in a 2-week study of short-term goals set in the laboratory. Limits of the model and implications for the question of how (and whether) happiness may be increased are discussed.
Jonathan M. Adler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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PERSONALITY PROCESSES AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES Living Into the Story: Agency and Coherence in a Longitudinal Study of Narrative Identity Development and Mental Health Over the Course of Psychotherapy
2016Co-Authors: Jonathan M. AdlerAbstract:Narrative identity is the internalized, evolving story of the self that each person crafts to provide his or her life with a sense of purpose and unity. A proliferation of empirical research studies focused on narrative identity have explored its relationship with psychological well-being. The present study is the first prospective, multiwave longitudinal investigation to examine short-term personality change via an emphasis on narrative identity as it relates to mental health. Forty-seven adults wrote rich personal narratives prior to beginning psychotherapy and after every session over 12 assessment points while concurrently completing a measure of mental health. Narratives were coded for the themes of agency and coherence, which capture the dual aims of narrative identity: purpose and unity. By applying in-depth thematic coding to the stories of participants, the present study produced 47 case studies of intraindividual personality Development and mental health. By employing multilevel modeling with the entire set of nearly 600 narratives, the present study also identified robust trends of individual differences in narrative changes as they related to improvements in mental health. Results indicated that, across participants, the theme of agency, but not coherence, increased over the course of time. In addition, increases in agency were related to improvements in participants ’ mental health. Finally, lagged growth curve models revealed that changes in the theme of agency occurred prior to the associated improvements in mental health. This finding remained consistent across a variety of individual-difference variables including demographics, personality traits, and Ego Development
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living into the story agency and coherence in a longitudinal study of narrative identity Development and mental health over the course of psychotherapy
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2012Co-Authors: Jonathan M. AdlerAbstract:Narrative identity is the internalized, evolving story of the self that each person crafts to provide his or her life with a sense of purpose and unity. A proliferation of empirical research studies focused on narrative identity have explored its relationship with psychological well-being. The present study is the first prospective, multiwave longitudinal investigation to examine short-term personality change via an emphasis on narrative identity as it relates to mental health. Forty-seven adults wrote rich personal narratives prior to beginning psychotherapy and after every session over 12 assessment points while concurrently completing a measure of mental health. Narratives were coded for the themes of agency and coherence, which capture the dual aims of narrative identity: purpose and unity. By applying in- depth thematic coding to the stories of participants, the present study produced 47 case studies of intraindividual personality Development and mental health. By employing multilevel modeling with the entire set of nearly 600 narratives, the present study also identified robust trends of individual differences in narrative changes as they related to improvements in mental health. Results indicated that, across participants, the theme of agency, but not coherence, increased over the course of time. In addition, increases in agency were related to improvements in participants’ mental health. Finally, lagged growth curve models revealed that changes in the theme of agency occurred prior to the associated improvements in mental health. This finding remained consistent across a variety of individual-difference variables including demographics, personality traits, and Ego Development.
Kennon M Sheldon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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self concordance goal attainment and the pursuit of happiness can there be an upward spiral
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2001Co-Authors: Kennon M Sheldon, Linda HousermarkoAbstract:Two studies used the self-concordance model of healthy goal striving (K. M. Sheldon & A. J. Elliot, 1999) to examine the motivational processes by which people can increase their level of well-being during a period of time and then maintain the gain or perhaps increase it even further during the next period of time. In Study 1, entering freshmen with self-concordant motivation better attained their 1st-semester goals, which in turn predicted increased adjustment and greater self-concordance for the next semester's goals. Increased self-concordance in turn predicted even better goal attainment during the 2nd semester, which led to further increases in adjustment and to higher levels of Ego Development by the end of the year. Study 2 replicated the basic model in a 2-week study of short-term goals set in the laboratory. Limits of the model and implications for the question of how (and whether) happiness may be increased are discussed.
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self concordance goal attainment and the pursuit of happiness can there be an upward spiral
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2001Co-Authors: Kennon M Sheldon, Linda HousermarkoAbstract:Two studies used the self-concordance model of healthy goal striving (K. M. Sheldon & A. J. Elliot, 1999) to examine the motivational processes by which people can increase their level of well-being during a period of time and then maintain the gain or perhaps increase it even further during the next period of time. In Study 1, entering freshmen with self-concordant motivation better attained their 1st-semester goals, which in turn predicted increased adjustment and greater self-concordance for the next semester's goals. Increased self-concordance in turn predicted even better goal attainment during the 2nd semester, which led to further increases in adjustment and to higher levels of Ego Development by the end of the year. Study 2 replicated the basic model in a 2-week study of short-term goals set in the laboratory. Limits of the model and implications for the question of how (and whether) happiness may be increased are discussed.
Douglas P Jowdy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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relationships between career indecision subtypes and Ego identity Development
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1995Co-Authors: Colby R Cohen, Judy M Chartrand, Douglas P JowdyAbstract:Four cluster groups of career-undecided college students (N = 423) were formed from Career Factors Inventory scores. Career decision groups were compared across Erikson's first 5 stages of Ego identity Development as measured by the Ego Development Scale (R. Ochse & C. Plug, 1986). It was predicted that career decision groups would differ in level of Ego identity resolution, with groups that experienced the most indecision reporting the least successful resolution. Using profile analysis, overall profile parallelism, level, and shape were examined, and comparisons of career decision groups within the substages were made. Results indicated that the 4 career decision groups differed in their degree of successful identity resolution in the predicted direction. Results are related to career interventions and treatment.
Inge Seiffgekrenke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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personality Development from adolescence to emerging adulthood linking trajectories of Ego Development to the family context and identity formation
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2013Co-Authors: Moin Syed, Inge SeiffgekrenkeAbstract:This longitudinal study analyzed personality Development using an individual approach by examining changes in Ego Development across the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Specifically, the study mapped the heterogeniety in Ego Development growth trajectories and linked the different trajectories to the family context in adolescence and identity Development in emerging adulthood. Participants were 98 families with a child who were followed from age 14 to age 24. Latent class growth analysis identified 4 distinct trajectories of growth in Ego Development of the children over the 10-year period. The results indicated that growth was more rapid during adolescence and tended to taper off in emerging adulthood. In addition, promotion of personal growth within the family and parents’ Ego Development were particulary instrumental in children’s Ego Developmental gains in adolescence. Finally, youth who demonstrated continued Ego Development into emerging adulthood also demonstrated heightened levels of identity exploration.
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does identity precede intimacy testing erikson s theory on romantic Development in emerging adults of the 21st century
Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010Co-Authors: Wim Beyers, Inge SeiffgekrenkeAbstract:Erikson stated that healthy identity Development during adolescence is a precursor of intimacy in romantic relationships during emerging adulthood. However, from a Developmental contextual perspective, there are reasons to question this strict Developmental ordering. Using interview and questionnaire data from a longitudinal study on 93 adolescents, the authors tested whether Ego Development in middle adolescence predicts intimacy in emerging adulthood. Second, the authors examined whether identity achievement at the transition to adulthood mediates this link. Results revealed direct links between early Ego Development (age 15) and intimacy in romantic relationships (age 25). No paths were found from earlier intimacy to later Ego Development. No gender differences occurred. Relational identity achievement, an integrative identity construct measured at age 24, fully mediated the association between earlier Ego Development and later intimacy. This study confirms Erikson’s old ideas on the Developmental orde...