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Leslie Dionne White, School of Psychology, 404-894-7557
Summary Sentence: Extreme Personalities at Work and in Life
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"Extreme Personalities at Work and in Life"
In personality psychology, the majority of studies have assumed that superficially “desirable” traits such as conscientiousness, extraversion, and openness to experience always result in better outcomes, including various forms of well-being and success at school and work. However, over the past two decades, researchers have advanced convincing theoretical arguments for the idea that – at their extremes – these “desirable” traits can result in non-optimal outcomes. These theoretical accounts are further buttressed by recent work in clinical psychology suggesting personality disorders often represent extreme variants of traits included in “normal” trait taxonomies such as the ubiquitous five factor model. Despite compelling theoretical rationale, for years problems with measurement and statistical power gave way to an empirical literature pocked with inconsistent findings. In this presentation, I detail National Science Foundation-funded work being conducted by my research team that shows the personality traits of conscientiousness, extraversion, and openness to experience can result in less-than-optimal work, academic, and well-being-related outcomes at their extremes. Implications for science, practice, and future directions are discussed.
