The signs and significance of personality coherence in personal stories and strivings
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Fournier, Marc A., Dong, Mengxi, Quitasol, Matthew N., Weststrate, Nic M. and Di Domenico, Stefano I.. (2018). The signs and significance of personality coherence in personal stories and strivings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 44(8), pp. 1228 - 1241. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218764659
Authors | Fournier, Marc A., Dong, Mengxi, Quitasol, Matthew N., Weststrate, Nic M. and Di Domenico, Stefano I. |
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Abstract | The concept of personality coherence refers to the extent of psychological unity and wholeness embodied within each individual. In the present research, we examined the extent to which the narrative, functional, and organismic conceptualizations of personality coherence interrelate, as well as their associations with psychological abilities and personal adjustment. College students (N = 391) narrated accounts of three personal memories; listed five personal strivings that they subsequently compared and evaluated; completed performance measures of their intelligence, wisdom, and creativity; and rated their hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Individuals who coherently organized their autobiographical memories were protected against feeling pressured or compelled in their personal strivings and against being steered toward need-detracting futures. Narrative indicators of coherence were otherwise independent of the functional and organismic indicators, although all indicators of personality coherence correlated with personal adjustment. Wisdom and creativity predicted narrative coherence, which partially mediated the associations they demonstrated with eudaimonic well-being. |
Keywords | personality coherence; narrative coherence; functional coherence; organismic congruence; integrative processes |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin |
Journal citation | 44 (8), pp. 1228 - 1241 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. |
ISSN | 0146-1672 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218764659 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85049902897 |
Page range | 1228 - 1241 |
Research Group | Institute for Positive Psychology and Education |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United States of America |
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