Citation
Hudson, N. W., Derringer, J., & Briley, D. A. (2019). Do people know how they've changed? A longitudinal investigation of volitional personality change and participants' retrospective perceptions thereof.
Journal of Research in Personality, 83, 103879.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103879
Administration
All items should be administered in randomized order.
All items should be rated with the following response scale:
- Much less than I was
- Less than I was
- I have not changed
- More than I was
- Much more than I was
Scoring
Reverse items marked with (R).
Average items 1-2 to form a composite for perceived change in extraversion.
Average items 3-4 to form a composite for perceived change in agreeableness.
Average items 5-6 to form a composite for perceived change in conscientiousness.
Average items 7-8 to form a composite for perceived change in emotional stability.
Average items 9-10 to form a composite for perceived change in openness.