Measuring Personality Development in the Aftermath of Critical Life Events: A Preliminary Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study

• Authors: Izabela Kaźmierczak

Abstracts

EN

This article aims to conceptualize, operationalize, and empirically validate the concept of actual personality development in the aftermath of a Critical Life Event. Two qualitative tools have been elaborated: the Structured Critical Life Events Interview and the Coding System for Personality Development. They were empirically verified in a preliminary longitudinal mixed methods study (N = 40 participants, n = 1440 narratives) with three measurements in one year referring to the Transition Cycle (Hopson & Adams, 1976). For assessing reliability the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and Cronbach’s α were assessed. The convergent validity of the tools was determined by correlating the results with (1) linguistic structure of participants’ verbalizations and (2) the questionnaires measuring similar behaviours and features. The research showed good psychometric properties of the tools. Moreover, they better identified personality growth and the specific dynamics of personality changes (positive and negative) than the Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996).

Keywords

EN

personality development; positive disintegration theory; coding system for personality development; critical life events interview; psychometrics

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II. Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL
• Journal: Roczniki Psychologiczne
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-25

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Izabela Kaźmierczak

• Institute of Psychology, Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw

• https://orcid.org/0000000339590178

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18290/rpsych2024.0001

Biblioteka Nauki

31343484