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Stability of and Changes in Implicit Motives. A Narrative Review of Empirical Studies
Although growing research indicates that certain personality traits change over the lifespan, implicit motives are often deemed to be rather stable personality characteristics. Researchers have been interested in implicit motives for several decades, but our understanding of how these dispositions c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5982542/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29887818 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00777 |
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author | Denzinger, Ferdinand Brandstätter, Veronika |
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description | Although growing research indicates that certain personality traits change over the lifespan, implicit motives are often deemed to be rather stable personality characteristics. Researchers have been interested in implicit motives for several decades, but our understanding of how these dispositions change still lacks clarity. This article gives an overview and a discussion of the current evidence for the stability of and the changes in implicit motives. After elaborating on the theoretical background of the motive construct and its measurement, we present an overview of studies that have investigated the trainability of implicit motives and their dispositional stability and changes using cross-sectional and longitudinal methods. Although the results are inconclusive concerning the direction of change, the reviewed studies suggest that implicit motives adapt to life circumstances much like other personality traits. This review sets out to contribute to a better understanding of the functioning of implicit motives and to present a roadmap for further research. |
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spelling | pubmed-59825422018-06-08 Stability of and Changes in Implicit Motives. A Narrative Review of Empirical Studies Denzinger, Ferdinand Brandstätter, Veronika Front Psychol Psychology Although growing research indicates that certain personality traits change over the lifespan, implicit motives are often deemed to be rather stable personality characteristics. Researchers have been interested in implicit motives for several decades, but our understanding of how these dispositions change still lacks clarity. This article gives an overview and a discussion of the current evidence for the stability of and the changes in implicit motives. After elaborating on the theoretical background of the motive construct and its measurement, we present an overview of studies that have investigated the trainability of implicit motives and their dispositional stability and changes using cross-sectional and longitudinal methods. Although the results are inconclusive concerning the direction of change, the reviewed studies suggest that implicit motives adapt to life circumstances much like other personality traits. This review sets out to contribute to a better understanding of the functioning of implicit motives and to present a roadmap for further research. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5982542/ /pubmed/29887818 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00777 Text en Copyright © 2018 Denzinger and Brandstätter. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Denzinger, Ferdinand Brandstätter, Veronika Stability of and Changes in Implicit Motives. A Narrative Review of Empirical Studies |
title | Stability of and Changes in Implicit Motives. A Narrative Review of Empirical Studies |
title_full | Stability of and Changes in Implicit Motives. A Narrative Review of Empirical Studies |
title_fullStr | Stability of and Changes in Implicit Motives. A Narrative Review of Empirical Studies |
title_full_unstemmed | Stability of and Changes in Implicit Motives. A Narrative Review of Empirical Studies |
title_short | Stability of and Changes in Implicit Motives. A Narrative Review of Empirical Studies |
title_sort | stability of and changes in implicit motives. a narrative review of empirical studies |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5982542/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29887818 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00777 |
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