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First published 2009-04

Goal and Personality Trait Development in a Transitional Period: Assessing Change and Stability in Personality Development

Oliver Lüdtke, Ulrich Trautwein, Nicole Husemann

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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First published 2016-11

Do People’s Desires to Change Their Personality Traits Vary With Age? An Examination of Trait Change Goals Across Adulthood

Nathan W. Hudson, R. Chris Fraley

Social Psychological and Personality Science

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First published 2021-5

Stability and Change in Personality Traits and Major Life Goals From College to Midlife

Olivia E. Atherton, Emily Grijalva, Brent W. Roberts [...]

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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First published 2025

Tell me briefly,who do you want to be? Psychometric properties of long- and short-measures of traits and change goals

Nathan W. Hudson, Jennifer Lodi-Smith

European Journal of Personality

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First published 2024-7

Which positive personality traits do people want to change?

Fabian Gander, Lisa Wagner

European Journal of Personality

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First published 2025-10

Volitional Change in Pathological Traits: Can People Change Their Maladaptive Traits?

Sierra M. Rufino, Nathan W. Hudson, Julia L. Briskin

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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First published 2025-11

Do core motives differ from broad personality trait dimensions in their changeability and susceptibility to life experiences?

Christian Kandler, Annika T. Overlander, Wiebke Bleidorn

European Journal of Personality

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First published 2020-8

Change Goals Robustly Predict Trait Growth: A Mega-Analysis of a Dozen Intensive Longitudinal Studies Examining Volitional Change

Nathan W. Hudson, R. Chris Fraley, William J. Chopik [...]

Social Psychological and Personality Science

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First published 2014-5

A Three–Part Framework for Self–Regulated Personality Development across Adulthood

Marie Hennecke, Wiebke Bleidorn, Jaap J. A. Denissen [...]

European Journal of Personality

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First published 2021-9

You can’t always get what you want: The role of change goal importance,goal feasibility and momentary experiences for volitional personality development

Anna J Lücke, Martin Quintus, Boris Egloff [...]

European Journal of Personality

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