Change Goals Big-Five Inventory

Hudson, N. W., & Roberts, B. W. (2014). Goals to change personality traits: Concurrent links between personality traits, daily behavior, and goals to change oneself. Journal of Research in Personality, 53, 68-83.

How much do you want to change yourself? Here are a number of personality traits that you may or may not want to change within yourself. Please rate the extent to which you want to change each trait.

All items are rated using the following response scale (note: “am” must be changed to “do” when grammatically required by the item text—e.g., “I want to have an assertive personality”):

1. I want to be talkative
2. I want to be reserved (r)
3. I want to be someone who is full of energy
4. I want to be someone who generates a lot of enthusiasm
5. I want to be someone who tends to be quiet (r)
6. I want to have an assertive personality
7. I want to be sometimes shy, inhibited (r)
8. I want to be outgoing, sociable
9. I want to be someone who tends to find fault with others (r)
10. I want to be someone who is helpful and unselfish with others
11. I want to be someone who starts quarrels with others (r)
12. I want to have a forgiving nature
13. I want to be generally trusting
14. I want to be someone who can be cold and aloof (r)
15. I want to be someone who is considerate and kind to almost everyone
16. I want to be someone who is sometimes rude to others (r)
17. I want to like to cooperate with others
18. I want to be someone who does a thorough job
19. I want to be someone who can be somewhat careless (r)
20. I want to be a reliable worker
21. I want to be someone who tends to be disorganized (r)
22. I want to be someone who tends to be lazy (r)
23. I want to be someone who perseveres until the task is finished
24. I want to be someone who does things efficiently
25. I want to be someone who makes plans and follows through with them
26. I want to be someone who is easily distracted (r)
27. I want to be someone who is depressed, blue (r)
28. I want to be someone who is relaxed, handles stress well
29. I want to be someone who can be tense (r)
30. I want to be someone who worries a lot (r)
31. I want to be emotionally stable, not easily upset
32. I want to be someone who can be moody (r)
33. I want to be someone who remains calm in tense situations
34. I want to be someone who gets nervous easily (r)
35. I want to be original, come up with new ideas
36. I want to be curious about many different things
37. I want to be ingenious, a deep thinker
38. I want to have an active imagination
39. I want to be inventive
40. I want to be someone who values artistic, aesthetic experiences
41. I want to be someone who prefers work that is routine (r)
42. I want to be someone who likes to reflect, play with ideas
43. I want to have artistic interests
44. I want to be sophisticated in art, music, or literature

Items should be presented in randomized order. Reverse items are indicated above with (r). Average items to form composites as follows:

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