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→Positive personality changes and religious conversion
[[Personality]] changes due to religious conversion:
[[Personality]] changes due to religious conversion:
{{Cquote|Religious conversion is one of the life events most strongly associated with [[Neoroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality|personality change]], because it often reshapes someone’s identity, daily habits, values, and social world. But the magnitude of change is usually not unlimited—it tends to be moderate rather than extreme, and uneven across the Big Five traits.
{{Cquote|Religious conversion is one of the life events most strongly associated with [[Neoroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality|personality change]], because it often reshapes someone’s identity, daily [[habit]]s, [[values]], and [[Social influence|social world]]. But the magnitude of change is usually not unlimited—it tends to be moderate rather than extreme, and uneven across the Big Five traits.
Average change: Studies suggest that religious conversion or increased religiosity is associated with about 0.3 to 0.7 standard deviations of change in certain traits over time.
Average change: Studies suggest that religious conversion or increased religiosity is associated with about 0.3 to 0.7 standard deviations of change in certain traits over time.