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

Traditionally, personality psychology has been understood as the study of stability in
people's dispositions. However, a different strand of personality research has highlighted the …

Having a secure sense of belonging at school supports students' academic achievement
and well-being. However, little research has examined how students' personalities relate to …

Life goals play a major role in sha** people's lives and careers. Although life goals have
prior documented associations with occupational and other life outcomes, no prior studies …

Researchers and practitioners increasingly emphasise the need to complement dominant
external, technological approaches with an internal focus to support transformation toward …

Over the last few decades, research has seamlessly confirmed the marked multicausal
nature of compulsive buying, since variables from different realms (eg, family, social, and …

Objective The evolving life story is integral to personality, and motivational themes are
central features of the life story. Personality implies individual differences that are relatively …

Introduction We propose that a dimensional, multilayered perspective is well suited to study
maladaptive personality development in youth. Such a perspective can help understand …

Limited research addresses personality shifts from mid-adolescence to emerging adulthood,
alongside well-being. This study analysed Big Five trait and narrative identity change …

Narrative approaches have gained popularity as a way to understand the construction and
development of political identities over a person's life span. However, little is known about …