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Patrick L. Hill
Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Publications - 209
Citations - 7352
Patrick L. Hill is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Personality & Big Five personality traits. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 177 publications receiving 5660 citations. Previous affiliations of Patrick L. Hill include University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign & University of Notre Dame.
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A systematic review of personality trait change through intervention.
TL;DR: Empirical studies identified 207 studies that had tracked changes in measures of personality traits during interventions, including true experiments and prepost change designs, and found that personality traits changed the most, and patients being treated for substance use changed the least.
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Purpose, hope, and life satisfaction in three age groups
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship among purpose, hope, and life satisfaction among 153 adolescents, 237 emerging adults, and 416 adults (N = 806) and found that having identified a purpose in life was associated with greater life satisfaction at these three stages of life.
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What is conscientiousness and how can it be assessed
TL;DR: This article reviews the conceptual standing of conscientiousness as a personality trait, past research focusing on the underlying dimensions ofcientiousness, the nomological network in which conscientiousness is embedded, and the diverse methods that have been used to assess dimensions of conscientiousity.
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Purpose in Life as a Predictor of Mortality Across Adulthood
TL;DR: Having a purpose in life appears to widely buffer against mortality risk across the adult years, using data from the longitudinal Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) sample.
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Can an old dog learn (and want to experience) new tricks? Cognitive training increases openness to experience in older adults
Joshua J. Jackson,Patrick L. Hill,Brennan R. Payne,Brent W. Roberts,Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow +4 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that participants in the intervention condition increased in the trait of openness compared with a waitlist control group, one of the first to demonstrate that personality traits can change through nonpsychopharmocological interventions.