Research article summary (published 27 Feb 1995):

Coherence and congruence: two aspects of personality integration.

Full Abstract

Coherence and congruence-based measures of personality integration were related to a variety of healthy personality characteristics. Functional coherence was defined as occurring when participants' "personal strivings" (R.A. Emmons, 1986) help bring about each other or help bring about higher level goals. Organismic congruence was defined as occurring when participants strive for self-determined reasons or when strivings help bring about intrinsic rather than extrinsic higher level goals. Study 1 found the integration measures were related to each other and to inventory measures of health and well-being. Study 2 showed that these goal integration measures were also related to role system integration and were prospective predictors of daily mood, vitality, and engagement in meaningful as opposed to distracting activities.

Author information

Author/s: Sheldon, K M (KM); Kasser, T (T);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, New York 14627.

Grants: MH18922 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: Journal of personality and social psychology (J Pers Soc Psychol), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1995-Mar; vol 68 (issue 3) : pp 531-43

Dates: Created 1995/05/18; Completed 1995/05/18; Revised 2007/11/14;

PMID: 7714728, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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Adult Aspirations (Psychology) Female Humans Internal-External Control

Male Motivation Personality Assessment Personality Development Self Concept

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