Changes

== Positive personality changes and religious conversion ==

== Positive personality changes and religious conversion ==

''See also:'' [[Neuroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality]] and [[Neoroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality#Typical changeability of the Big Five personality traits|Typical changeability of the Big Five personality traits]]

''See also:'' [[Neuroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality]] and [[Neuroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality#Typical changeability of the Big Five personality traits|Typical changeability of the Big Five personality traits]]

The [[Big Five personality traits]] change due to a person becoming more mature, efforts to change the [[personality]] traits or a major life change (See: [[Neuroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality]]).  

The [[Big Five personality traits]] change due to a person becoming more mature, efforts to change the [[personality]] traits or a major life change (See: [[Neuroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality]]).  

[[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 (psychology)|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.

{{Cquote|Religious conversion is one of the life events most strongly associated with [[Neuroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality|personality change]], because it often reshapes someone’s [[Identity (psychology)|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.