Author(s):
Daniel, Ella ; Bardi, Anat ; Lee, Julie A ; Scholz-Kuhn, Ricarda ; Elizarov, Einat ; Cieciuch, Jan ; Knafo-Noam, Ariel ; Ramos, Alice ; Vecchione, Michele ; Algesheimer, Rene ; Murcia Alvarez, Evelia ; Ben Dror Lankry, Avital ; Benish-Weisman, Maya ; Rodrigues, Ricardo Borges ; Chomsky, Anat ; Collins, Patricia R. ; Davidov, Eldad ; Döring, Anna K ; Habermann, Stefanie ; Katsoty, Dana ; Kindschi, Martin ; Makarova, Elena ; Marsicano, Gilda ; Misgav, Kinneret ; Oeschger, Thomas P ; da Costa, Leonor Pereira ; Sneddon, Joanne ; Tendais, Iva ; Twito -Weingarten, Louise
Date: 2024
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/100317
Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
Subject(s): personality coherence; value change; value structure; childhood; adolescence
Description
We test the theory that personality incoherence may instigate personality change in the context of personal values. Values’ near-universal organization makes value incoherence assessment straightforward. The study included 13 longitudinal samples from seven cultures (Australia, Israel Palestinian citizens, Israel Jewish majority, Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Switzerland), total N = 7,126, and T1 Mage ranging between 6 and 18. Each participant reported values between two- and six times. Using unfolding analysis, we calculated the fit of the internal value structure of each participant at the first time point to the value structure in their sample (normative structure) and to the theoretical structure of values. We estimated value change using Growth Curve Modeling (when at least three measurement times were available) and the difference between T1 and T2 in each sample. We correlated value incoherence with value change and estimated the effect across samples using a metaanalysis. Incoherence with the structure of values predicted greater value change. The associations were stronger when participant’s value structures were compared to the normative value structure at T1 than when they were compared to the theoretical structure. A meta-regression analysis indicated that effects were not moderated by age. We discuss possible underlying processes and implications for personality development.
